I don't advocate NOT putting it on; only that it should be thoroughly
tested on a sandbox before installation in a production environment.
After all, a APAR fix isn't guaranteed to be the perfect fix; only a
temporary fix that will hopefully address the problem effectively. The
folks on the design and change teams are working very hard to make sure
things are right, and usually get it right, to their credit, but being
humans, they too can make mistakes.
Rick
Mark Zelden wrote:
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
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