>FWIW, I have been at many shops without the type of segregation Ted is >talking about and WLM does a fine job of managing the workloads.
I prefer to roll maintenance to a test system before a production system. Once can only test a limited amount in a sysprog sandbox. I agree that WLM can handle both types of work, but there are concerns beyond WLM that may drive a test/production scenario. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html