Actual Sysprogs,
Recently I was surprised by an unexpected REPORT ERRSYSMODS behavior. I
think I've had a misconception about this for a long time...
Like many vendors, we maintain HOLDDATA with FIXCAT information as well
as ERROR HOLD and RELEASE statements.
One of our products had a bug in the base that was fixed by an APAR for
which we added a ++HOLD(fmid) ERROR FMID(fmid) REASON(aparnum) statement
to our HOLDDATA. Once the APAR was validated in the field and ready for
PTF creation, a ++RELEASE(fmid) ERROR FMID(fmid) REASON(aparnum)
statement was added to the HOLDDATA.
After receiving the latest HOLDDATA but *not* the fixing APAR or PTF
into the GLOBAL zone, I issued a REPORT ERRSYSMODS command and was
dismayed to see the PTF in error (PE) no longer appears on the EXCEPTION
SYSMOD REPORT.
Unless I did something wrong in my testing, this behavior means that
REPORT ERRSYSMODS stops helping our customers identify PEs on their
systems the moment our HOLDDATA indicates a fix for the PE is now
available -- even if the customer has not yet received or applied the
needed fix!
Is there an another way to tell if you have PEs applied that have not
yet been corrected through service?
Thanks,
--
Phoenix Software International
Edward E. Jaffe
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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