On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:51:43 -0500, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jim, in our shop we had to evaluate each issue on its own merit. In most >cases, the impact of the problem was such that we could wait for the >"official" fix, a PTF. In a very few cases, we applied the >APAR-suggested fix. In situations where the problem was marked HIPER, we >deliberately tried to re-create the problem in the sandbox to determine >what, if any, impact it had on us. Bottom line: each one has to be >evaluated separately for your particular situation. Sorry to be >ambiguous, but that's the only advice I can offer. Every shop is unique, >YMMV. > Rick, I agree with what you wrote when it comes to looking at APARs in general (I think all shops would). But in the OP's case, it sounds like they have an open PMR with IBM, and IBM created a ++APAR fix for them. If they need to problem fixed, why not put it on? 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
