Actually, with the proper investment in application/planning, it *IS* zero down time.
<snip> But it is not ZERO down time. It is simply LESS downtime. In our shop, to simply recycle a CICS region (down then up) takes a minimum of about 10 minutes (no, I've not done a stop watch on this) </snip> Of course, there is this caveat <G> <snip> Oh, I missed the "good design" in your post. Not our plan. </snip> Seriously though, the capability is there, it just has to be exploited. Grin 'n Bear it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
