In a recent note, Kurt Quackenbush said: > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:48:45 -0400 > > > However, assume you have installed two PTFs that affect > > the same element but that do not define any relationship > > to each other. If you select one of the PTFs and specify > > the GROUP operand, SMP/E does not try to restore the > > other PTF. You have to specify both PTFs on the SELECT > > operand. > > > > This shouldn't happen, should it? > > It is not typical, but it can happen, especially for Update elements > (MACUPD / SRCUPD) or if BYPASS(ID) was specified during APPLY. > I see. Since the *UPD MCS in two different SYSMODs affecting a single element might not overlap, SMP/E can't enforce any dependency declaration. But that's just scary. I'll count BYPASS(anything but HOLDSYS) as "shouldn't happen".
> > This section makes several mentions of PREs, but not of REQs. > > Does GROUP do anything with REQs? In particular: > > > > 3. If you use GROUP along with SELECT, make sure to > > specify the lowest level of service you want restored. > > For example, if you want to restore PTF1 and PTF2, and > > PTF1 is a prerequisite for PTF2, specify PTF1 on the > > SELECT operand. > > REQ and PRE play the same here for GROUP processing. Perhaps it would > be more correct if the book used the term "requisite" instead of > "prerequisite" to cover all requisite types: PRE, REQ, IFREQ. > And omitted mention of "lowest level of service", since the latter forms don't establish a level of service. And one more. Suppose I attempt to RESTORE a SYSMOD which resolves a ++HOLD ERROR. SMP/E ought not allow this unless I also RESTORE the PE SYSMOD or I specify something akin to BYPASS(HOLDERROR), but there's no such operand listed in the manual. Thanks, gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
