On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:31 PM, Skip Robinson wrote:
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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.
Skip:
Here is where I disagree with you.
It started when we were an ESP for CBPDO. The apply called out
hundreds of no go PTFS.
I researched most of them and called the support center. There was a
PTF from 4 years ago that needed a TSO/e PTF (it was technically in
error) as it was a not a TSOe PTF.
We were in a catch 22 as we needed to be licensed for TSOe to get the
PTF (with the IPO we became licensed) and IBM went into I can't give
you ptf's for something your not allowed)
We argued back and forth for a day and I even got the duty manager
involved. After 1 week of getting nowhere I finally called a friend
at the WSC and gave him all the info and explained that I had tried
the duty manager etc etc... AFter he looked at it he called the
people at WSC who were responsible for packaging and then it took him
5 days of discussion to finally get us that one PTF.
If I had not stuck it out the CBPDO would never have been installed
and the 3800's would not have been bought.
I also disagree with as allowing a RC 8 can get you into trouble down
the line so its better to be clean and not settle for anything of
return codes eq or lt 4 (with SMPe).
Ed
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