If you wish to compare running systems, you could get a start by using SHOWZOS with output to files and compare them. But, as others have said, this is a non-trivial problem and likely to always include some manual observation
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of ibmmain > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 6:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to compare parameters in one z/Os with parameters in > another z/OS > > Dear > > > We could write a program to handle specific parameters and values > before comparing them against the target library > > > We found that some parameters are just defined in a different order > in different z/os, but they are actually the same definition > > > Some parameter definitions have different starting columns, and they also > are the same definition > > > We don't know how to handle this situation. Do we need to make sure they > are in the same order? > > > Thanks a lot! > > > Jason Cai > > > > > > ------------------ Original ------------------ > From: > "IBM > Mainframe Discussion List" > <[email protected]>; > Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2021 08:01 AM > To: "IBM-MAIN"<[email protected]>; > > Subject: Re: How to compare parameters in one z/Os with parameters > in another z/OS > > > > There is a utility program (IEBCOMPR) and functions like SuperCompare to do > this. It is quite trivial. > > Unless you mean that these libraries are not truly comparable in which case > no comparison is possible. Under those conditions you would have to > have a > program which could have specific parameters and values identified and then > compared against the target library. To the best of my knowledge, > that is > certainly not freely available. > > Adam > > P.S. I am assuming that the notion of symbols has been properly pursued and > evaluated. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of > ibmmain > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 4:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to compare parameters in one z/Os with parameters in another > z/OS > > Hi all > > > &nbsp;We want to make sure two z/OS use the same > parameters(PARMLIB,VTAMLST,and so on)&nbsp; > > > Because there is some parameter which is multiline in member, it isn't easy > to compare them. > &nbsp;&nbsp; > Is there any way to compare&nbsp; parameters in one z/Os with > parameters in > another z/OS > > > &nbsp;Any thoughts/comments/suggestions would be greatly > appreciated > > > Best Regards, > > > Jason Cai > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
