I agree with Dave completely. I do similar - on both APPLY CHECK and APPLY. Why spend an inordinate amount of time telling SMP/E manually to do what SMP/E is designed to do automatically. Let it skip the open APARs and other things that will cause a "bad" return code. Like Dave said, just verify that the things that caused the RC=8 are OK. The CAUSER report is your friend here.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 6:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: SMP/e maintenance methodologies I do not attempt to get a RC0 or RC4 apply. What goes on goes on. Obviously review results to make sure that there wasn't an issue, but coding up a bunch of excludes to not select those with holderror just to get a RC0 is not necessary in my opinion. Here is one apply example APPLY CHECK SOURCEID ( SYSPLXDS XSYSTEM HIPER IBM.* RSU* SECINT ) GROUPEXTEND ( NOAPARS NOUSERMODS ) BYPASS ( HOLDSYSTEM) NOJCLINREPORT RETRY ( YES ) . _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma AVP | Manager, Systems Engineering Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | MD RSCB2H | Grand Rapids, MI 49546 616.653.8429 | fax: 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Edgington, Jerry Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 7:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: SMP/e maintenance methodologies **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** Hello everyone, I am looking for SMP/e methodologies about a couple of situations within SMP/e. Just looking for how people do SMP/e maintenance in certain situations. 1) What methodology is employed to get to a clean Apply Check, when you outstanding Error Holds? APARs without PTFs, local fix or work arounds? 2) For Apply check, what PARMs do you use? Select, FixCat, Bypass, etc? I was taught a SMP/e methodology, many years ago, but just wondering if there might be a better way. Thanks, Jerry Edgington ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN