I think the reference may have been to the older SMP CDS which played the role of the current CSI
Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > The PTS, among others, was a PDS. SMP used very strange member names. There > was no CSI, no zones. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of > Carmen Vitullo <cvitu...@hughes.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 1:11 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [External] Old School Maintenance Philosophy -- Never ACCEPT? > > CSI not VSAM ? > > > Carmen Vitullo > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alva John Nims (Al)" <ajn...@ufl.edu> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:00:11 PM > Subject: Re: [External] Old School Maintenance Philosophy -- Never ACCEPT? > > " I learned to use SMP back on MVT (am I the only one still here that can > truthfully make that statement?)" Answer: No, yes I remember SMP back before > the "e" was added on, the CSI was a PDS! And not a PDSe! > > I do not follow the 'Never ACCEPT" process. > > Al Nims > Systems Admin/Programmer III > UF Information Technology > East Campus > P.O. Box 112050 > Gainesville, FL. 32611 > (e) ajn...@ufl.edu > (p) (352) 273-1298 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David L. Craig > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 10:09 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [External] Old School Maintenance Philosophy -- Never ACCEPT? > >> On 18May23:1247+0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: >> >> Not sure how long ago eons was, but I started in the mid-80s on MVS/SP >> and at my first SMP/E (and I believe >> only) class, I was taught the APPLY / run for a while / ACCEPT usage - >> except for USERMODs or APARs that hadn't had a published PTF yet. > > I learned to use SMP back on MVT (am I the only one still here that can > truthfully make that statement?) and while it's been a while since I last > used SMP/E, I do not recall ever encountering a no ACCEPT policy for any IBM > MRM. > But people aren't mentioning policy for archiving snapshots of target and > DLIB volumes and restoring therefrom--much faster than reAPPLYing LOTS of > maintenance. That also requires tracking the target/DLIB volume snapshot > associations, which are not necessarily based upon the dates of the snapshots. > -- > <not cent from sell> > May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! > > Dave_Craig______________________________________________ > "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. > You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. > Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." > __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
