Eric N. Bielefeld wrote:
I assume that you meant using VnRnMn in dataset names. My position is don't use them. If you have JCL, Clists, or Execs that have system dataset names in them, every time you upgrade the operating system, you will have to change those JCL, Clists, or Execs. It might be handy if you had 2 Lpars and a quick look at the RES volume would show which version is which, but it could lead to a lot more work.
On our systems I preferred to keep the full version names, but assigned a simpler alias to the production version. That allowed for concurrent testing for most products, and for easy back out in case of problems with a new version.
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