I use a standard OS PDS with the "install instructions". JCL/JOBS are stored in the "install: datasets' PDF's for doc are loaded to a standard "LAN" directory. I (personally) use the web for most doc lookups, but I also have the doc on the LAN if needed.
What you have proposed will work just fine, but this is an issue of discipline. Forcing yourself (and/or others) to document what was done for future reference. <snip> Subject: crazy thoughts - keeping product installation infomation OK, I admit to not having had enough sleep. But the following insanity came to me today. So I thought that I'd ask some, hopefully, sane people about it. I always seem to have problems finding documentation on how a product was installed. That is, what jobs were run, where were they submitted from, what did they do, where is there output, and so on. There is also the "problem" of where to keep the documentation, especially PDF files. So I got this weird idea. Why not keep all this stuff in the UNIX filesystem on the z/OS system itself? Something along the lines of: The base directory for &version of &product-name from vendor &vendor would all be kept below the subdirectory: /products/&vendor/&product-name/&version For each such "base directory", there would be a set of directory along the lines of: ./vendor-documentation (for vendor supplied doc, TEXT files, PDFs, etc) ./user-documentation (for things that the shop wants to document like FAQs, installation notes, etc) This would also document any customization done to the product, such as exits. ./install-job-output (a separate file for each job run, something like:) ./install-job-output/install.dsn.member.run.1 the .1 would be incremented so that if a job is run multiple times, you can see the output from each successive job. </snip> <snip> So, do I need another vacation? </snip> Yes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
