It was a test system and if it crashed the only person it would of affected was me.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PDS/E and LNKLST concat >The ptf's that were being applied were going to update a PDSE dataset in the LNKLST. It's rarely safe to apply maintenance to a live system. >So I cancelled the job - created an alternate RES pack and applied the maintenance to the alternate RES. Better (safer) choice (IMO). >Are the new SMSPDSE and SMSPDSE1 address spaces preventing this type of update or is there a command to allow this type of update to occur. These address spaces sometimes 'trip' over contention issues, rarely is there a problem. But, I think you were fortunate. It made you convert to, what I think, is a better practice. But, it's not my shop. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

