(Leaving lurk mode.) I think a distiction needs to be made between "applying maintenance" and simply changing some things. Applying SMPE maintenance to a running system can be a very Bad Idea. (Not that I haven't ever done it.) Changing system parameters, load libraries, linklists, etc. is no big deal.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How often IPL a production LPAR (any good practice) >Who says it's bad practice? A lot of people on this list! >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. No, but applying to something while it's running IS a bad practice! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
