Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Rajesh Dharia
Greetings Listers, Could someone please advise if there is a way by which we may know the exact maintenance level (say RSU or PUT level ) of the z/OS running on a system ? I wonder if IBM has anything in place in SMP/e which could tell us the maintenance level based on the highest level of PTF in

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Bob Shannon
We update CVTVERID with the maintenance level as part of our cloning process. This works much better than I thought it would. It's also reported on by MXI. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archiv

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Lizette Koehler
I agree that this is the best method and there is no other way that I know of other than SMP/E. Bob, How do you update the CVTVERID. Is that an assembler process? Lizette > >We update CVTVERID with the maintenance level as part of our cloning process. >This works much better than I thought it

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Bob Shannon
Lizette - It's a zap to the nucleus. I can send you the job if you're interested. It obviously has to be changed each time maintenance is applied. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:24:43 -0400, Bob Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We update CVTVERID with the maintenance level as part of our cloning process. >This works much better than I thought it would. It's also >reported on by MXI. > And also reported on by my IPLINFO exec and ShowMVS. -- Ma

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Skip Robinson
Subject .EDU> Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system?? 08/27/

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Rajesh Dharia
My great thanks to all who have responded to my query. Raj -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-27 Thread Ken Porowski
How about GIMXSID? This would show SMP's idea of what is applied. Not exactly human readable but you might be able to compare across zones or pre/post maintenance. Ken Porowski AVP Systems Software CIT Group E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Skip Robinson The technique suggested

Re: Any way we may know the exact maintenance level of z/OS on a system??

2007-08-30 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/27/2007 at 07:34 AM, Rajesh Dharia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Could someone please advise if there is a way by which we may know >the exact maintenance level (say RSU or PUT level ) of the z/OS >running on a system ? I wonder if IBM has anything in place in SMP/e