I agree with Shane on this one. There is absolutely no need to replace the mastercat with every upgrade especially if you are using indirect cataloging. It took me 1 day to download, and run through the 1.8 Serverpac dialogs. I'm now in process of reworking and applying usermods. The one thing I would really like to see as an option is to NOT be forced to use SSA's. If it were, me, I would like to see the allocds job allocate the targets and dlibs but not catalog them(with the exception of the OMVS and SMPE work datasets, which need to be cataloged and uniquely named). Then the restore job restores data to those datasets using a vol=ser= reference. I know SSA is safe, but I'm afraid I will clobber my real datasets by accident. That is more closely how I do my install, slightly deviating from the normal serverpac process. At my installation, I do not catalog the smpe targets or dlibs. That way I KNOW no one is using them by accident or otherwise.
Dave ________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Software Upgrade for ServerPac On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 09:10 -0400, John Eells wrote: > The whole point of Software Upgrade is that your existing operational > data sets get used. Folks, you really (I mean *REALLY*) want to look at using SU. If you have a decent cloning procedure it saves a lot of (IMHO unnecessary) screwing around compared to a replacement. Waaayyyy more usable .... There are (potential) problems as John points out, but-all-in all, it's the way to go. Not to say it doesn't have warts, but they is smaller warts. Shane ... This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
