Who says it's bad practice? There are many things that cannot be upgraded or maintained without an IPL, but that doesn't make a bad practice out of those things that do not require an IPL.
> > Not quite true. > Since it's bad practice to apply maintenance to a running system, you need to > IPL based on your upgrade schedule. > Or, when you change hardware. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

