Except for C:\Windows and the Program files directory, I don't think I keep anything where Microsoft wants me to. I like to keep everything that isn't the vanilla MS system on other drives and I create links to them so that I can reinstall when I want and just redo the links.
But then I also update the registry manually as well, so maybe I'm a bad example. Brian On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:38:02 -0700, Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com> wrote: >"seems everyone has a better way" > >I think you hit on the root of the problem. With Windows and Linux >installs, everyone (generally) does things the same exact way, including >filenames and directory locations. They don't have the problems we have >with mainframe installs. > >On 7/22/2021 7:19 AM, Carmen Vitullo wrote: >> I think I IPL'd the CPAC system that was built from the ServerPac once >> in my career, it was the company/dept's standard and we had a small LPAR >> built just for that reason. Documentation was provided, IPLing the CPAC >> system was only done to proceed with the ServerPac install. >> >> moving on from that company I moved to a different process, seems >> everyone has a better way, for me building the target sysres and zfs >> file systems, running some IVP tests and build my new master catalog, >> and IPL that system on my sandbox system. >> >> I have a documented process to copy/migrate the new version or maint to >> production that works well even for someone who's not a z/os sysprog. >> >> Carmen >> >> >> On 7/21/2021 1:19 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: >>> Same with me when I ran ServerPac installs - I never IPL'd using the >>> datasets provided by the installer such as catalogs, RACF, spool, SMF, >>> page, etc. I never understood IBM's reason for doing that, and also >>> never understood the reason for running the system validation jobs on >>> the vanilla system. What was much more important for us was IPLing >>> the new res pack on a sandbox system with our own system datasets, >>> parms, and usermods - and then solve any issues that may come up. >>> >>> So those IBM-supplied system datasets were never used, and although I >>> could not delete them using the CPP dialog, I would always set them to >>> 1 track or 1 cylinder before running the alloc job - just to save space. >>> >>> It just made little sense to me to prove the vanilla system from IBM >>> works correctly. Of course it does, otherwise why would they send it >>> to me? >>> >>> On 7/20/2021 10:23 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: >>>> I don't know how it would work with zOSMF, but I don't worry about >>>> the dataset sizes of my SMPE target datasets. Because I never IPL >>>> using them. >>>> I copy to new SYSRES, FDR and ADRDSSU dataset copies to single >>>> extents. Of course, I rarely (maybe 5 to 5 times in 30 years) put >>>> maintenance into a running system >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
