If we were talking about overrides to change the USERIDs used, not the volume labels, I think I'd be more accepting of this. I don't see where changing the volume ids really helps much with separating the two. If you don't change the PPFs, then it's still just as easy to accidentally update production as it ever was - there's no check on whether you're dealing with 1st level MAINT or 2nd level MAINT. It's also much harder to overwrite a volume you're actually using - yes, it's possible, but it still is a pretty small amount of protection for the amount of complexity it introduces.
On 9/2/09 4:13 PM, "Schuh, Richard" <rsc...@visa.com> wrote: I think it goes more to separating production from installation/maintenance. It the volsers are different, changing something on the system must be deliberate. Accidental update is very difficult. Alan is big on data integrity, well ... as big as he can be.
