It's a little dated, but it is the one I use for a basis on my system(s). OS/390 Software Management Cookbook, SG24-4475. Specifically Chapter 3 covers most of what you might be interested in.
If you can't find it, let me know through the list, and I'll send a copy. On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:54:09 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:09:43 -0400, Pinnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Does anyone have the pointer to the IBM document describing the recommended >>SYSRES cloning environment? Instead of using an online and an offline res >>with a target zone for each, I'm being told that I should just modify the >>DDDEFs in the existing target zone to point to the offline res (gag, ack, >>barf, no backoff other than restoring the target zone, target and online res >>out of sync, etc.). I need to convince them that the WAC method is better >>(online/offline res and target zones, copy online to offline res, zonecopy >>online to offline target, and zoneedit offline target DDDEFs), but it would >>help if I could find the IBM doc to back it up. >> > >The only thing I know if is the planning for installation manual. There is >information in Appendix E. > >But I'm not sure I understand you question. It sounds like as if you are >asking if swapping between an A and B set method is better than always >putting on maintenance to a "maintenance sysres" and then cloning an >IPL-able sysres (with a matching target zone hopefully). If so, both >methods are fine and I have used the former in smaller shops but >in larger shops I have always used the latter method. Of course >there is lots of opinions about this stuff in the archives. > >Mark >-- >Mark Zelden >Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead >Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group: G-ITO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
