Establish a "Burn In" system to apply the PTF's to. Then age them as appropriate for your systems and roll out. That way you have satisfied your Auditor as well as giving you a test bed for the PTF's.
If it really makes your system unstable you will have the documentation to pass back to the audit point as to why you differ from their concern. Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zOSdude Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Auditors Don't Know Squat! Our auditors (Feds) say we need to apply all new PTF's within 30 days of availability. I'm speechless. Does anyone have the patience to form a cogent argument without laughing, crying, or tying one on? I told my boss that if I did that, we'd be about as stable as a windows PC. Thanks, Greg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
