On Wed, 11 May 2016 09:27:25 +1000, Andrew Rowley wrote: >On 11/05/2016 1:15, Mark Zelden wrote: >> Since multiple levels of the >> OS are being maintained I "APPLY REDO" pointing to a copy of the SMP/E >> controlled loadlib using the proper level of the JES2 macro library. It >> makes little >> sense (at least to me) to run one apply, change the dddef, then run another >> apply for >> each JES2 level. >> I believe REDO requires SELECT so you must enumerate all your PTFs. This could get tedious with a large PUT. (Can you automate this? and various ++VER might identify different FMIDs. And RESTORE adds more wrinkles.)
>It still feels like laying a trap for the next person who comes along >who is unaware of the process. > >What I would be inclined to do is clone the SMP/E zones and keep a >separate set of datasets for each JES2 level. Than it is much clearer >what is going on and exactly what is installed in each dataset. DASD is >cheaper than time sent scratching my head (or an outage caused by an >incorrect JES2 macro level). > A single GLOBAL zone with multiple Target-DLIB zone pairs (with DDDEFs) seems a productive approach. But be careful with ACCEPT PURGE. >I have always worked on the principle that the SMP/E zones should >reflect exactly what is installed in the target and distribution >libraries. If you assemble with a different SYSLIB it breaks that principle. > Amen. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
