Robert:
I used to have a vendor that would send out zaps almost weekly and
IDR space was at a premium on the vendors modules. We dropped the
vendor so I don't know how they did resolve the constant zap issue. I
can't remember of ever having the issue with IBM as they send out
module replacement (thanks!)
I feel its important to maintain the IDR to find out what level the
module is at. With the vendor I spoke of it was somewhat of an issue
at times.
That is why I am a strong supporter of module replacement and zaps
are for emergency fixes only.
Ed
On Jan 6, 2012, at 11:54 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
At 14:29 -0600 on 01/06/2012, Staller, Allan wrote about Re: Error
apply ZAP:
First the IDR (forget what the acronym stands for) is an optional
list
of zaps applied to this module (load module?). Due to the
structure of
the directory, IIRC, you are limited to 19 IDR entries
per module (load module?). The IDR data is set by an AMASPZAP control
statement. IDENTIFY.
The message AMA120I message below may be safely ignored. It is
indicated
that there is no space left to record additional IDR information. The
only impact of this is that it will make it difficult to determine
which
zaps have already been applied.
If you relink as the AMA120I suggests/instructs the Binder adds
another (empty) IDR record so you can use the IDENTIFY statement
(think this is automatic although it may be triggered by supplying
a Binder command to add more IDR Space). As you note, this allows
you to track what ZAPs have been installed. If I remember IDR is ID
Record. There are IDR records for each CSECT in the Load Module
(they come from the Assembler) so you can see what the assembly
date of the CSECT is (there is only one for the last linkedit).
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