SMP was available in MVT and MFT. It did not begin with MVS Sent from my iPhone
On May 23, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Edward Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: >> On May 23, 2018, at 9:08 AM, David L. Craig <dlc....@gmail.com> 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. > > AFAIK smp (e) did not exist during mvs 2.0 3.0(shakes on this one) and it > came out with 3.7 (?) > Before smp there was tremendous and I do mean tremendous working by having to > manually to the co, prerec's by hand. It was drudge work that needed a high > amount of concentration and immersion. > I did it once and couldn’t handle the long hours needed. We printed a > spreadsheet and it helped a little but still took copious amounts of time. > SMP was a godsend to sysprogs. I would venture to say that MVS would have > ended up in the dust pile for computer history without SMP. Yes it was > cumbersome and the PDS’s needed and large number of directories was a real > pain. VSAM saved SMP as well. > Ed > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
