John, <snip> Yea, I gave them those references. They're gonna scream: "I didn't need to do that in the PAST!!! <sob><whine><moan>" </snip>
Were you running on multiple physical machines in the past? Or a single machine, single LPAR in the past? If so, then you need to remind them that file locking, in support of multiple program access, is different between 2 or more logical or physical machines. Going from a single machine, single image (LPAR) to a single machine multiple LPARs is basically the equivalent of 2 or more physical machines each capable of access data. This data access has to be controlled and as such provides the benefits of communicating file status information amongst the users (programs) accessing the files. So, yes, they didn't have to do it in the past, because they were on a single image on a single machine. Yes, now they need to do it because you effectively have multiple "machines" accessing the same files from different directions. Hope this helps in the battle. Chuck ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
