John, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I could do as you suggest. I should say that we always do system upgrade process too. Probably my biggest hangup is all the catalog manipulation going on in Serverpac when I don't think it is necessary(my opinion). Other than a handful of datasets(SMPE csi's, HFS/ZFS, and a couple others) nothing *has* to be cataloged even temporarily to perform the serverpac dialogs. For me it's just another level of safety/security when I can see what volser is the target of restores directly in the batch jobs before I run them.
________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Principal Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 616.653.8429 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Doubt about Server Pac and Catalogs Can you provide some concrete examples? I don't follow what you mean. It sounds like you're doing it the hard way, though. If you want uncataloged data sets, just discard some or all of the catalogs ServerPac builds for you at the end... The SSAs are there so that the catalog entries can be directed to catalogs other than the driving system's catalogs. They're deleted by one of the jobs later in the installation process (DELSSA, if memory serves). 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
