I agree, but I doubt this applies to someone converting from VSE to their first z/OS LPAR(s). And, I think with "careful" change management, you could update even shared PDSE without sysplex. Do the update from only one system ever and cause that PDSE address space (can't remember it right off) to refresh in the other LPARs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bruce Hewson > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share > > Hi Dave,, > > with systems that are only IPL'd every 3-5 months, YES, there will be > updates > to those volumes. Changes still happen, and many fixes do not require an > IPL > to implement, only careful change management. > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:18:15 -0700, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > >It may not be "supported", but PDSE that are only read are safe to share > >betwixt anything. And, since it's a "live" resvol, it is of course not > >subject to updates, right? > > > >Dave Gibney > >Information Technology Services > >Washington State University > > > > > Regards > Bruce Hewson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
