Thanks for finding that Mark - We probably don't need to convert backwards and forwards as we build running systems, but now we've had this in place for so long I think we'll stay there. Also look forward to John and Marne's comments.
Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: installing serverpac for 1.13 using 1.11 system On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:10 -0500, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote: >On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:49:04 -0600, Jerry Whitteridge ><[email protected]> wrote: > >>In service mode the /etc and /var directories are supposed to be true >>directories so maintenance can be applied. When you clone them to become the >>running versions there is a script to run to switch to a symlink. Look in the >>doc for the Installation of the serverpac and at the server pac jobs. >> > > >I have never done this. You're correct that if maintenance hit my service >directory /etc or /var it would update the live /etc or /var on the >system I ran the APPLY on due to the symlinks. I didn't think that >was an issue though (see #2 below). > >1) Other than the RESTORE job documentation that states it converts > /etc and /var to symlinks, I can't find another reference to changing > them back and forth for maintenance / cloning etc. Can you point me > to where this is documented. > >2) I didn't think IBM ever serviced /etc or /var via maintenance. > >John Eells or Marna Walle (if you are lurking), can you comment on #2? > I didn't find anything about this in ServerPac doc because nothing probably exists. However, in the z/OS Unix System Services planning manual, in the section titled "Establishing an /etc file system for a new release", it specifically states the following: "Because IBM products do not create files into /etc, there is no possibility that SMP/E installation of an IBM product or service will overlay your own files within /etc." (thanks to Shmuel for the pointer to that manual - I was looking in the MVS Planning manual and Severpac manuals) It doesn't specifically mention this about /var, but I assume it is also true. So going back to the OP, I don't know when his symlinks were removed and I have never run into that problem, and there should be no harm in keeping them as symlinks in his maintenance / service root file that get's cloned. -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
