Ed and Barbara, Yes, this is one of those hidden "features" you get with updating WASOEM or z/OSMF. Besides having SMPPTS entries that are larger than those for JAVA, applying then will very nicely wipe out your configuration files. When applying this maintenance, I create a clone filesystem to hold all the config files. Then I can just pull them back over after the apply is complete and I have a chance to see what has happened to the target filesystem.
Always fun when dealing with products that don't fully understand how SMPE can work for you. Everyone is trying to use the "One size fits all" format in a tailored world. Doesn't really work too good does it? Brad S. Carson Manager Mainframe Technical Support Laboratory Corporation of America Phone: 336-436-8294 Fax: 336-436-1033 email: cars...@labcorp.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Nitz Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: A Warning to Anyone Servicing z/OSMF >> A few months ago, we brought up z/OSMF under z/OS 1.12. Applying >> service this weekend made it totally unusable. It turns out our >> configuration files have been wiped out! >... >> I'm not sure if this is what I would necessarily call 'progress', but >> it's definitely a brave new world out there. Beware! >Uh-oh - is that Barbara I hear charging in from stage calling out >"I tried to warn you all ..." ? > >:-) No it's not. We haven't installed it, anyway. But I am really NOT surprised, given how I hear my colleagues complain about WAS deploys. I even went through a 2 day seminar on deploying this stuff under zLinux, and then I 'got' why z/OSMF deploy is a two-stage process. I consider it too awkward, anyway. Given that I knew WAS back when it was called 'Component Broken' (by those that heard about it - OS/390 R6 days), I am waiting for the day when they go back to replacing the full product every time a single ptf needs to go in (and when they ditch SMP/E :-) ). Now *THAT* will be fun for z/OS! NOT. I do appreciate Eds warning, though, and will gleefully relate it to anyone here who might have wanted to 'test' z/OSMF, despite my dire warnigns :-) Barbara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -This e-mail and any attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or disclosure of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED; you are requested to delete this e-mail and any attachments, notify the sender immediately, and notify the LabCorp Privacy Officer at privacyoffi...@labcorp.com or call (877) 23-HIPAA / (877) 234-4722. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
