Howard, As already noted, your IODF needs to be cataloged to PROD only for dynamic activations or to use as input for HCD work on PROD (and you can do that from the TEST system). You can IPL with it without it having to be cataloged (you will receive a warning message that dynamic activation is disabled due to the IODF not being cataloged).
The suggestions from the other people are very good for the future. I have not yet implemented them here. We also have two systems sharing a single IODF (cataloged only to one of the systems). For our other two non-connected systems, I copy the IODF to appropriate volumes, so I have 3 (identically named) IODF datasets on 3 different volumes for 4 systems. To use SYS1.IODF11 in its current location for PROD, you would have to make the appropriate change to the address for the IODF device in the PROD image on the HMC (in the LOADPARM part of the LOAD information). David Mueller | Systems Programmer | DMS/EITS Phone: 850-414-9134 (Rm 107 SRC) | Fax: 850-921-8343 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
