I'd like to suggest that you reconsider the business case for merging disparate and unrelated SMP/E objects into one amorphous mass. We determined years ago to install z/OS and only z/OS into a single independent GLOBAL zone. This zone gets replaced in toto with each new ServerPac with no impact on other products.
The only virtue I can imagine of a single comprehensive GLOBAL would be the ability to install a single sysmod into multiple TARGET/DLIB zones. I can't recall any case in the last decade where that ability would have justified increased SMP/E management effort: whatever means you employ to accomplish your goal for R13, you will have to do the same thing again for future releases ad infinitum. I recommend keeping the z/OS GLOBAL--possibly with multiple TARGET zones to track sysmod installation--separate from non-ServerPac products. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] From: John Chase <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 12/31/2012 09:41 AM Subject: Re: SMP/E: "Move" products from one GLOBAL CSI to another Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:12:35 -0600, Andy Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: >John, > >For the situation you describe I believe adding ZONEINDEX entries for the products' CSIs to the 1.13 GLOBAL zone plus doing a GZONEMERGE from the 1.11 GLOBAL zone to the 1.13 GLOBAL ZONE of content for the products' FMIDs would accomplish what you want. The GZONEMERGE command will take care of the 2 concerns you mentioned. If I'm wrong about that I hope someone more knowledgeable chime in. Thanks for the "vote of confidence". I haven't studied GZONEMERGE yet, but will do that later today. >The BUILDMCS command Sandro mentioned is useful for carrying forward withdrawn-from-marketing, but still supported, products to a new z/OS release's CSI. Yes; I've used that before but determined it's not applicable to the current situation. The products I want to "move" already live in their own Target and DLIB CSIs, and I want them to stay there but become "accessible" from the z/OS 1.13 Global CSI. >Happy New Year! >Andy And the same to you and yours. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
