On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:33:50 -0500, Arthur Gutowski wrote: >... IBM really needs to tackle the issue of fully >supporting and endorsing AUTOMOUNT for /service in SMP/E packaging >architecture, and they really need to come up with a consistent standard for >directory names, mountpoints, etc. First it was /usr/lpp/java, >then /usr/lpp/java/J1.4, then /usr/lpp/java/J1.4/J1.4, then back... > >This would probably have helped the other poor soul on this list who found his >GIMLEVEL in a wad. For those of us that maintain several target/distribution >zones, I contend that a properly established AUTOMOUNT policy is the only >way to guarantee integrity between your SYSRES, HFS', and CSI's.
Yes. The recommendation to mount at /service is necessary but barely sufficient. I've always found AUTOMOUNT to be preferable to manually mounting the correct *FS when applying service, and IBM's packaging makes it difficult when working with products like Java. > >Tom, you landed at the wrong vendor to assist in this mess... %) Yeah, I suppose so, but I left it in your capable hands. -- Tom Marchant Compuware ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
