This week, I did my first SMP/E install since my previous one over 40 years ago! The process hasn't changed much. It took me about half a day to download the files and configure the jobs - making the same changes in several jobs. For people new to z/OS "installation" is hard to get into, understand, and get working properly.
Has anyone thought about alternative ways of shipping products? For example many products are now Web downloads, which you just restore. I would like to see a DFDSS dump of the CST level of all objects and a matching dump of the SMP/E datasets of the product. I can just restore the product stuff,and not the SMP/E stuff, or I can install the SMP/E stuff as well. If you want to install a fix, then apply it to the SMP/E libraries. In 3 months time, repeat the whole process. I think we have to do something before all those with the knowledge and experience retire! Colin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
