That's not the way I am reading it from the SMP/E commands manual. Here's what I see.
The RESTORE command replaces the affected elements in the target libraries with the unchanged versions from the distribution libraries. (As a result, once you have accepted a SYSMOD into the distribution libraries, you cannot use RESTORE to remove it from the target libraries.) The second example seems to bear this out as well. If I have PTFs 1, 2, and 3 applied to a module and not accepted, and I want to restore PTF 3, I have to either restore all 3 and reapply the first 2 or accept the first 2 before restoring #3. Unless I'm missing something completely from this conversation which is quite probable. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jay Maynard Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SMP/E oddity? I'd always understood that RESTORE could do this, but it required a lot more work on the part of SMP/E, and the purpose of ACCEPT was to make RESTORE work much faster. Every shop I ever worked at didn't ACCEPT anything (except for those very rare SYSMODs that needed it for sysgen processing) until just before a maintenance cycle and accepted that RESTORE was going to take more work because of it. On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 1:12 AM Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 20:45:48 +0000 "Kurt J. Quackenbush" > <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > :>> Yeah, this all makes sense. Basically, the idea of APPLY is to > build the LMOD with everything that's been ACCEPTed or previously APPLYed to > it. > :>SMP/E has enough information to reconstruct it from scratch if > needed, but will save itself the work of rebuilding the LMOD from the > MODs if it doesn't have to do it. > > :>> You mention that the MODs are applied from PTFs; I assume that > APARs are also reapplied if not SUPd (which they would be required to > be if the PTF you're working with would clobber them). > > :>Yes, FUNCTIONs, PTFs, APARs, USERMODs, whatever SYSMOD last replaced > a MOD (the MOD's RMID) can be used to obtain a usable copy of that MOD > from the SMPPTS. > > :>> Does the same processing apply to RESTORE? Or does it always build > from scratch? > > :>RESTORE does behave the same as APPLY in this respect. > > RESTORE no longer requires that other maintenance to the involved > elements be ACCEPTed? > > It can rebuild the load modules using APPLYed-only elements? > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.dissensoftware.com__;!!KjMRP1Ix > j6eLE0Fj!qL5rICXkF9uflZLSZ2uUruQ0UGWHiIH2BOxlHiwRLS6zRrp6JGnsl5hZE8ejy > XJskVQHvCc_p8caTkZnLsqOZA$ > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
