On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Sheldon Davis <sda...@isracard.co.il> wrote: > I would love to know how a corrupt system file in a parrallel sysplex can > affect > a payroll system > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/11/29/nab_mainframe_cockup/
That was not payroll. That was a bank. They screwed up all transactions for a week after a conversion and fallback. I would be really curious as to how the database was functioning without crashing while processing all those bad transactions. Almost like they were processing the same old (duplicate) transactions (?same GDG?) on one system while another system was putting new transactions into newer files (GDG +1) which the other system did not see (many missing transactions). Maybe if they said which days were repeated and which days were missed we could learn more? Does the sysplex carry catalog updates (new file names) across systems? Are there Coupling Facility links that spread catalog updates to other systems? -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html