On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:00:25 -0500, Arthur Gutowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Very similar level of sharing here. <snip> > >Bottom line: It can be done if you're careful, understanding and mitigating the >risks. RESERVE/RELEASE has been around for a very long time, and while not >the most efficient for throughput, it is iron-clad integrity. > <snip> I obviously agree (I think you were commenting on my post when you wrote "very similar sharing here"), but it is far from iron-clad. For example, RESERVE won't keep 2 people from updating the same PDS (or PDS member) from different sysplexes. But even though our entire group (7) install and maintain z/OS and ISV products, only one person will be working on a particular product or z/OS maintenance at a time so there has never been an issue with sharing the "maintenance environment" across the sysplexes. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
