On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:22:52 -0500, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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. Indeed I was, and I neglected to qualify "iron-clad" with "when RESERVE is issued and honored". Exposures exist in those situations where RESERVE is not issued or where it is CONVERTed. I reckon this is why some folks still have MIM. Regards, Art Gutowski Ford Motor Company ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
