Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this! Stop doing this!
I put DOC and ACTION holds on PTFs that I write that need them, and I hope that they are read. DOC obvious less critical than ACTION - can't imagine installing one without understanding first. On Sat, 3 May 2025 08:15:53 -0700 Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: :>I don't know how many of you prevent PTFs with ACTION or DOC HOLDs from :>being applied until after you read and fully understand them, but if :>you're busy and are prone to applying first and reading later, this post :>might be for you. :> :>We applied the subject PTF last week to our "production" z/OS 3.1 :>system, and a few days later realized CSSMTP could not send email. At :>first we weren't sure why, so we went through our usual diagnostics. :>Eventually, we inspected recent maintenance and saw both ACTION and DOC :>HOLDs against UO02745 documenting a serious impact to CSSMTP. We :>restored the PTF and magically CSSMTP started working again. :> :>Obviously, we have some deep reading and some configuring to do. In the :>meantime, we put a USER HOLD on that PTF to prevent it being :>accidentally applied before we're ready... -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
