Hello Mark , Thanks a lot for your inputs..... It really helps !
Regards, baby On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Mark Zelden <m...@mzelden.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:46:26 +0530, baby eklavya <baby.ekla...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Hello Everyone , > > > > Apologize in advance for this dumb question . > > > > I have a requirement to put some maintenance on Java filesystem which is > >currently mounted on a shared sysplex root .We have 4 lpars (including the > >sandbox) in same sysplex sharing the root file system . My customer wants > >to test the change on sandbox system before i roll out on other lpars.So , > >it just looks as below > > > >/JAVA64 => OMVS.JAVA64.ZFS > > > >I thought of taking a copy of OMVS.JAVA64.ZFS with a different name and > >mount it on a newly created mount point (such as /JAVA64T) for sandbox > lpar > >specifically . But i am not sure who all would be still looking for the > >original mount point /JAVA64 . Is there any way i can test it specifically > >for sandbox lpar without disturbing the other 3 lpars ? > > > >Any help would be much appreciated > > > >Thanks in Advance, > >Baby > > > > > There's almost no point in applying maintenance to Java. A single PTF > replaces the > entire contents. Just download / install whatever level you need. You > can still > use SMP/E if you desire, but I don't bother for the reason I just sited. > <soap box> SMP/E is a tool to keep track of maintenance and keep you (or > the > vendor) from shooting yourself in the foot. It does nothing in regards > to that > for Java. </soap box> > > To test, just create a different mount point and have whatever user / > process > that needs it set JAVA_HOME when they login or use .profile or create a > script or do "whatever" it takes to set the environment variables for > the software / user that needs it. > > The example below is in my /etc/profile and is where I have 31bit Java V6, > but you can change JAVA_HOME to whatever mount point you create / mount > your new level. BTW, you may be able to tell from my example > that I keep a "system level" Java as part of the "version" sysres set, > so if I change the level, it goes in with rolling IPLs and nothing > is disturbed in the rest of the sysplex. > > > # ========================== > # Start Java Definitions = > # ========================== > > JAVA_HOME=/usr/lpp/java/J6.0 > > export JAVA_HOME > export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH > export DISPLAY=<hostname>:0.0 > > LIBPATH="$LIBPATH":"${JAVA_HOME}"/bin/ > LIBPATH="$LIBPATH":"${JAVA_HOME}"/bin/classic > export LIBPATH="$LIBPATH": > > # ========================== > # End Java Definitions = > # ========================== > > -- > Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS > mailto:m...@mzelden.com > Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html > Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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