I should have added that our DEV and PROD versions of PARMLIB/PROCLIB are not directly updateable, however we are a TSS shop, so we have our "special" ID's that operate in bypass mode, but everything done with it is logged, and every use has to be manually followed up with the "what's, and why's". I don’t mind this level of control, as it makes you think about what you are doing....
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Manager Mainframe Engineering, Assistant Vice President david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Parmlib members change control? **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** Yea, I'm not a fan of that either, especially when things are going south, and a PARMLIB change needs to be made quickly. I do like the idea of automatic change tracking like Ira mentioned with various software vendors that do that. When they provide before/after images of the members in the libraries of interest, it is helpful for change/audit management, but also when someone fat fingers something by accident... _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Manager Mainframe Engineering, Assistant Vice President david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Parmlib members change control? **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** I have heard of some shops that had SYS1.PARMLIB under LIBRARIAN or PANVALET control. I (fortunately) have never had to work in any of them. HTH, -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean Gleann Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Parmlib members change control? I'm coming under pressure from 'upstairs' regarding the idea of implementing change control or versioning on parmlib members and other 'control'-type files (WLM policy, SMS rules, RACF, etc) Currently, I manually maintain 'change history' comments in each member, and a previous version 'backout' member, but that is a highly manual task, subject to a high level of self-discipline (and on occasion I have either bypassed or screwed up that procedure. I've looked at the idea of using SCLM for this, but it all seems like using a sledgehammer to crack a hazelnut. Git has also been suggested, and I'm still looking at that. Does anyone else do anything like this, and if so, would you be prepared to share your experiences, please? 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