Bravo, Skip! This is what I always did as well. I had a former coworker who would go through and manually exclude every PTF that failed with a HOLDERROR, until he was able to get to a RC4 on his apply check. He wasted untold hours doing this, just so he could get a RC4 on his APPLY. I think he even went so far as to RESTORE the sysmods applied if he hit a space problem so his final APPLY would show all the PTFs being applied going in at once. Bizarre!
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Skip Robinson Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 10:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SMP/E question I have never understood the fixation with rock bottom return codes. SMP/E maintenance is so much simpler without agonizing over every uneven cobblestone along the path. 1. RECEIVE HOLDDATA the same day you begin installing. If you're not sure how fresh your HOLDDATA is, pull it again. The cost is trivial. 2. APPLY CHECK (as others have said) excluding nothing but HOLDSYS. 3, Study the CAUSER report. If you see only messages about unresolved HOLD errors, you are good to go. Don't waste time building EXCLUDE lists. SMP/E will exclude error sysmods without your having to lift a finger. By design. 4. Resubmit the job with the word CHECK commented out. P.S. do not edit the source JCL; use SDSF SJ (or other product equivalent) so that the next submit from your CNTL library will retain CHECK. 5. Expect RC 8. (Anything less is miraculous. A miracle won't get you a raise or a hot date.) 6. Study the CAUSER report again. If all you see are unresolved HOLD errors, you're done. Move on. 7. If you see space or directory errors, you MUST fix them now. Use PDS command (or StarTool if you have it) to fix these errors. Modify secondary extents and/or directory blocks as needed. Then return to Step 4. If you are deeply disturbed by RC 8, either take a (physician prescribed) pill, or spend some of your vast spare time researching each error sysmod. If you determine that your shop desperately needs a particular PTF in error, then open an SR to see if IBM will give you an APAR testfix. This is itself the start of a whole new adventure that you may come to rue down the road. Reconsider the pill option. It's your choice. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: "Gibney, Dave" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 09/06/2012 06:40 PM Subject: Re: SMP/E question Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> I exclude the specific PTFs with unresolved holderror and apply the rest. It is usually only a dozen or so. I really recommend order from server to insure you have all maint and all holddata. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 3:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SMP/E question > > Hi, > I received the HOLDDATA from IBM. > For example the first problem on the list is with PTF UA60617. I checked > online, and it says that this PTF is from October 4th, 2011, and is still in error. > Is there a way to find out if there is a fix for the fix? > > I will change my bypass statement. > > Gadi <huge snippage> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
