IBM has issued a flash on this subject, see http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10559
Bill On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:17:26 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >on 02/27/2007 > at 10:29 AM, Alan Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>Early in January Russ Witt sent the list a warning about the >>implications apar OA17011 could have on tape retention. We've had >>some discussions about this apar internally; not concerning the >>technical impact but the fact that there was no hold on it. I'm >>not suggesting that it should have a hold > >Then I will; it should have a hold. > >>So I'm asking the group "when you're applying preventative >>maintenance do you read and analyze the cover information for every >>ptf being applied?" > >IMHO that would be a practical impossibility. I have, however, always >read the text of every unresolved hold, including DOC, before >installing service. > >-- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> >We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. >(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
