On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:53:55 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Isn't that what all (sane) shops do? That is one of the main benefits >of a parallel sysplex environment (rolling IPLs). I guess I know where *we* stand... Though we have some sysplex here, we are not yet taking advantage of rolling IPLs. We cook on our sandbox, then cook more on a first-run subset of development systems, plus, insanely, one production system, and then, more insanely, hit all remaining systems. Altering this process is an uphill battle... In a past life as a service provider, I witnessed many customers successfully use rolling IPLs with anywhere from 1 week to 1 month in between. The caveat of co-requisite maintenance or "step-up" maintenance is rare, but requires vigilance. Now that I've been in a JES3 shop, I've learned that rolling IPLs can be compromised with a Global Warm-Start. Cheers, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company ITInfrastructure ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
