Dave Danner had some similar pointed comments about this when we shared our last round of Health Checker experiences in Tampa. See page 17.
http://tinyurl.com/26nek7 http://shareew.prod.web.sba.com/client_files/callpapers/attach/SHARE_in_ Tampa_Bay/S2858SK052846.pdf Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: NF APAR OA15539 for Health Checker This kills me... ===================================================================== APAR Identifier ...... OA15539 Last Changed ........ 07/02/22 ADD HEALTHCHECKER CHECK FOR VSAM INDEX TRAP ENABLED ERROR DESCRIPTION: A Healthchecker check is added to notify the user if the VSAM In dex Trap is disabled. LOCAL FIX: PROBLEM SUMMARY: **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All z/OS users from 1.4 to 1.8. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: IBM recommends VSAM Record Management * * users run with Index Trap enabled, but * * the current default is disabled. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** This new function implements an IBM Health Check to act as a reminder to issue the sms command to enable the Index Trap. The Health Check will run every 24 hours. ===================================================================== Hello?? McFly??? Why not just change the bleepin' default? The health check is okay in case someone has disabled it, but writing a health check isn't the best way to deal with something like this. Not everyone runs Health Checker. Some of the things HC reports on and recommends aren't black and white so I can see using HC to only recommend a change but this doesn't appear that way to me. There are no happy values to play with. This isn't one of those legacy defaults that will break things if changed. No reason a PTF can't be created with a ++ACTION hold that changes the default if it is important enough to write a health check for. With appologies to some recent political adds in Illinois a few months ago.. "IBM, what are you thinking?!" Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group: G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
