On 8 Aug 2006 15:41:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> >To be honest, I dislike all those "autocust" things. <<>> >> I never found that it made the install any easier. Same >> with the rest of them. Mostly front ends to SMP/E, to cover up for >the >> fact that the vendor doesn't have a clue how to create proper SYSMODs. >> Let alone HOLDDATA. > >I can't speak for all vendors, but trust me the reason is NOT because >the vendors don't know how to package SMP/E deliverables. There is (at >least in the ones I have dealt with) a full SMP/E install under those >covers. The autocurse installers exist because a significant number of >customers ask (demand!) them. The ibm-main audience is not necessarily >typical because there are a lot of customers who can't spell SMP/E let >alone configure high end software products.
Could people comment on the other IBM maintenance methodologies, the ones for VM, VSE, AIX and OS400 and how they compare to SMP/E? If anyone has relatively current knowledge of the Unisys A series or 2200 series methodologies those would be of interest. I have often felt that SMP/E got the job done but required a lot of manual effort on the part of the developers, left holes for the installers such as no good way to hand panel prepping or compilation in ISPF, and was generally arcane. While I like the ease of applying Windows fixes when they work, I am in a position of trusting the vendor more than I would like. > >CC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
