“Dynamically persistent”?

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> On Sep 20, 2020, at 20:18, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I suppose dynamic would work. Today, many more of the parmlib members 
> referenced by IEASYSxx can also be activated on the fly with seT. What I'd 
> like would be a nice table or list showing which ones can be seT. A similar 
> list for JES would be nice, but probably shorter to list those that can't be 
> so changed.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
>> Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson
>> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2020 12:01 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Is there a word for that?
>> 
>> This is a question about categorizing JES2 commands. At one time, when we
>> were still buckling our knickerbockers above the knee, many/most JES2
>> configuration definitions could be modified only by some kind of restart
>> ranging from hot start to warm start to cold start. Some years ago JES2
>> developers got very busy and created command support for all kinds of
>> parameters that previously required some kind of disruption.
>> 
>> The result is that now most JES2 configuration parameters can be modified
>> via $T. In fact, most changes are generally *ignored* during JES2 restarts
>> other than cold start. So here's my question: is there a generally accepted
>> term for 'changeable by command'? It would facilitate communication
>> regarding all kinds of changes. This weekend we scheduled a JES2 change
>> involving layers of administrative rigmarole that was 'implemented' by 
>> editing
>> the JES2 init deck. We eventually issued a $T command after noticing that the
>> desired change did not take effect at IPL. I've heard 'volatile' suggested 
>> for
>> 'changeable by command', but I don't find documentation to support that.
>> Any ideas?
>> 
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