On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:11:43 -0700, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
>Chase, John wrote: >>> If I did that, wouldn't I have all of the PTFs that haven't yet gone >>> through CST? >>> >> >> Yes, but you can APPLY by SOURCEID(RSU*). >> > >Right now, I just RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(RECOMMENDED), whatever comes >back comes back, and I APPLY *all* of it with a "canned" job stream >that's always the same. Simple. > >The suggestion seems to be to use RECEIVE ORDER CONTENT(ALL) and then >selectively manage what comes back. I become the one who decides which >fixes have undergone enough testing and which have not. I have to keep >track of these numbered/dated RSUs to help understand which fixes I want >and which I don't. And, I have to be sure to specify the right RSU >value(s) at APPLY time. > > From where I sit, this process sounds like extra work. Clearly, this is >a job to be undertaken by a professional sysprog--something I've never >claimed to be. > Not any extra work at all. It's just changing where the "filter" is. Currently you filter at the source by selecting "CONTENT(RECOMMENDED)". If you change to "CONTENT(ALL)" and change your APPLY JCL to "SOURCEID(RSU*)", you are applying the same service. The "PRO" is that you would have any PTF you needed in an emergency. The "CONs" are possibly longer download times and storing more PTFs locally. 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
