John, >> Why can't SMP/E do the ICKDSF PUTIPL command as well? It should know the >> volser to update - it is the one containing the updated SYS1.NUCLEUS.
Surely most sites do not IPL their system from the SMP/E volumes and datasets - there is normally some sort of propagation JCL to copy to "real" runtime SYSRES volumes - and as stated previously there is no harm to suffix that copy JCL with a PUTIPL. Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 275 Grove Street * Newton, MA 02466-2272 * USA Tel: +1.617.614.2305 Email: [email protected] Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: 30 September 2010 14:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IPLTEXT and NUCLEUS dates Just me going weird again <grin>. When SMP/E does a APPLY of a PTF which has a co-req of another PTF, it usually forces the second PTF to be APPLY'd as well. This happens in this case too. The "problem" is that the APPLY of the IPLTEXT only updates the SAMPLIB and leaves the actual installation to the user in a separate job. Why can't SMP/E do the ICKDSF PUTIPL command as well? It should know the volser to update - it is the one containing the updated SYS1.NUCLEUS. And a RESTORE would again do the PUTIPL function of ICKDSF. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IPLTEXT and NUCLEUS dates <snip> A new z/OS release always requires new IPLTEXT installation. Any maintenance that requires it should have PTF HOLD data informing of that need, and if you ignore the HOLD data that's your fault. If maintenance that requires IPLTEXT rebuild is missing the required HOLD in the PTF, then you have a legitimate issue with IBM; but the correct resolution is to fix the HOLD information. Joel C Ewing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
