We do NOT put them on the sysres. In my shop, sysres filesystems are only the SMPE maintained product filesystem and are mounted READ only. The filesystems at /etc and /var are READ/WRIATE and system specific and are on volumes other than sysres. I wouldn’t want IBM maintenance to update/overlay anything in /etc. Serverpac doc is pretty good about how to apply IBM supplied changes to your /etc /var filesystems.
We do sysplex shared filesystem now, but not for that long. Prior to that, had to logon to each system to make the changes. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Donald Likens Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Handing /etc and /var filesystems We have 4 different non-sysplex LPARs all maintained by a sand box LPAR. We install on the sand box LPAR and then copy volumes and files to the other systems to roll out the maintenance. I recently installed a serverpac and decided to make the /etc and /var filesystems SYS1 residing on the SYSRES. In this way, whenever IBM updates these directories with maintenance it will automatically be implemented on the other systems with the SYSRES volume copy. My concern is that any changes to these directories will be lost as new SYSRES copies are rolled out. So far looking at what is on these directories it is either static or updated all the time (like a pid number). My question is how do you handle these file systems in your shop. Note: Sharing them is not an option, so if you share these directories across LPARs please do not respond. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN 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
