>>> On 7/28/2009 at 4:34 PM, in message <[email protected]>, Rick >>> Fochtman <[email protected]> wrote: > -----------------------------<snip>------------------------------ > >>> Is PDSE your friend here?: >>> >>> o Is LNKLST PDSE-friendly? >>> --------------------------<unsnip>--------------------------------- >>> Not at IPL time. After IPL is complete, you could add it dynamically. >> >> >> Not true for IPL time. > > > I was unaware of that. I though LPA had to be completely available > before PDSE was usable. Gotta read those notices closer. :-) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > <snipage> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > IMHO much better idea is to use some version control tool like Serena > Changeman or CA Edeavor. It is not matter of load modules, lnklst and > LLA, it is more matter of quality of the code. > > When you're running real-time and any kind of outages or interruptions > cost a king's ransom per minute, you wait until business is ended Friday > before making updates. Saturday processing is basically the same as > weekday, but without the time/availability pressure, so there's time for > detailed post-mortem and backout. Our Quality Assurance staff tests > extensively, including intentional invalid data, before making ANY > update and all managers have to sign off on test results. At that time, > the old LMOD is copied to a backup library and the new one copied in. > Source and copybooks are treated in similar fashion. > > We tried Changeman and it was an absolute nightmare building the JCL > sets for it to use. Even Serena had problems.
I am confused as to what a source control management system has to do with LNKLST. Can you elaborate? Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 F: 303-235-2075 The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
