On 6/11/2020 11:38 AM, Bill Giannelli wrote:
I want to setup separate SMPe environments, say 3 for different maintenance levels. One matching production then 2 others for maintenance levels "coming next". My question is, when I what to update my PROD environment with one of the other maintenance levels, do I need to go thru receive, apply, accept that I would have done in the "prior" SMPe environment? Or is there a quicker way to "synch" up the 2 environments?
As many have already suggested, you should consider updating one SMP/E environment with RECEIVE and APPLY, then clone this environment to create or replace others. There are many existing variations on the mechanics of this clone process.
If you do not already have an SMP/E environment cloning process that you like in place, you should take a look at z/OSMF Software Management. It provides a Deploy operation that will clone your SMP/E environment, taking care of renaming data sets, zones, updating DDDEF entries, etc.
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