Hi, We use different lpar names for our base systems and recovery system. And we use that variable to choose the IPL sequence for each situation. As for smfid and sysname, yes, they usually tend to be the same. Regards Jack
On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 16:16 Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: > I’m doing some research involving historical SMF data. It’s caused me to > wonder how engineers use the &SYSNAME, &LPARNAME and &SMFID symbols. From > what I can see is that in most instances they are the same. LPARNAME > appears to me to have little value in that if may or may not have an > affinity for a z/OS guest in terms of naming. > > &SMFID and &SYSNAME seem to generally correlate. I’m curious if there are > use cases where these are different and what the purpose might be? > > Appreciate any insight / best parties that people are using. > > Matt Hogstrom > m...@hogstrom.org > > A generalist knows less and less about more and more till he knows nothing > about everything > A specialist knows more and more about less and less till he knows > everything about nothing > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
