On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:26:56 -0600, Chase, John wrote:
>>
>> >the service process. Piece of cake....you z/OS guys have been really
>> >missing out....:-)
>> >
>> ???  IANASP, but what have z/OS guys been missing?  My
>>
>> (Yes, it is necessary to upload the JCL supplied by ShopZ to z/OS.
>> Or can that be mailed by ShopZ directly to a z/OS mailbox?  Again,
>> IANASP.)
>
>First time thru we just "cut 'n' pasted" from the delivery website to an
>"empty" PDS member.  For subsequent orders we usually just need to
>update the package filename(s) and hash value(s), submit the job and "go
>for coffee".  Then we do our normal APPLY CHECK / APPLY process.
>
Good security practice.  Any JCL from an external source should
first be audited.  Subsequently changing only filename and
hash reduces the burden of re-auditing.  An alternative is
ISRSUPC compare and verify that only that information has changed.

>I suppose one day the RECEIVE FROMNETWORK will fail......
>
Why?  Cross-contamination from IBMLink?

-- gil

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