Thanks Bill,
It's actually my first steps to rectifying a rigid system
structure that's already in place. My true end-goal is to keep a single
IODF, build my LOADxx member(s) so I can use it between both systems. It
boils down to an audit issue where by before I can put it into
Production, I must PROVE that it has been tested successfully. That
means I cannot just create SYSx.IPLPARM on the Production IODF volume
and make use of an *untested* LOADxx member. I need to demonstrate that
how it's documented in the book is how it works in real life. Does it
matter that the book was written for MVS 4.2, and has been proven all
over the world? There's FINALLY a push here to modernize our mainframe
environment (after years of it 'going away'), and I'd like to get past
these 'MVS' parms, and at least get to OS/390 methods! If that means a
little bit of pain to prove 15 year old theory to satisfy the auditors,
and to get to a more modern structure, I have to do it!
Steve Horein
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Choate, Bill
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:01 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Moving LOADxx
I'm not sure what you mean by maintain production integrity, but if it
is to totally separate datasets for your production and sandbox LPARs
that sounds right. If that is what want to accomplish I would start by
asking why do you need separate SYSx.IPLPARMs and IODFs? Is this a
management mandate or an audit requirement or just the way it has always
been done? I have a mirrored volume that has my SYS0.IPLPARM and my
production IODFs. I rely on the mirroring to provide the hardware
integrity and so far have not had any problems. I have multiple LOADxx
members for my two systems (prod and system programmer sandbox) in
SYS0.IPLPARM. The IODFs are cataloged in shared user catalog which
facilitates access on both systems. This setup has been working for me
for about 10-12 years without any issues. I don't know if this
accomplishes what you need or not or if it is an option for you, but it
is fairly simple (you know the KISS theory) works for me.
Regards,
Bill
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