Well, we are very "out of date", at least conceptually (and hardware wise). My manager wants us to IPL at least once a month just so we remember how to; and to valid that PARMLIB is "in sync" with any dynamic changes (APF and LNKLST mainly). The shutdown is about 99% automated (sometimes a "glitch" occurs and I've never figured out why, I can't get the sandbox to fail at all). The startup is 100% automated. The only time we have a problem is when we change a PARMLIB member (APF or LNKLST usually) and the startup fails somewhere along the line (like when CA-7 abended due to a bad PTF causing an S0C4 in production even though we had no problems on our sandbox).
The IPL stuff was just trying to think about other uses for the Flash. But Pete Relston proved that it wouldn't help at all, even if we IPL'd weekly. The DB2 and other uses are much more reasonable. IIRC, Hiperspaces used to prefer residing in Estore. I wonder if IBM will revive that with Flash to allow easy access for customer written code. Or perhaps they plan to make it an NDA interface to vendors to increase revenue. <shrug>. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • john.mck...@healthmarkets.com • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM <snip> > > Say what ... why the hell is anybody worried about z IPL times ?. > IMHO it's a "d'oh moment" even in the toy-store - but z/OS ???. > > Go make a coffee for the once-a-year event. > > Maybe I missed something when I dropped off the thread. > > Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
