Okay so riddle me this with IBM's new approach to software installs.

So to load the software they allocate everything with a .# on the end of the 
names, So SYS1.LINKLIB.#, etc...

All the jobs to load all files have completed and ZFS's are now loaded.

I now want my end names to be SYS1.xxxxxx

In job IZUD04RN, they try to alter the name which is failing for me because the 
end name is already cataloged.

The old serverpac use to do IEHPROGM, then do the idcams Define for indirect 
cataloging, etc.

So how is this supposed to work now?


Ms Terri E Shaffer
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z/OSMF is not in it's infancy, it's been around for several years now, it's new 
to force z/OS installs with it.  I have now installed my 22nd z/OS install with 
z/OSMF, (hundreds with Serverpak) and I can tell you that It has gone 
increasingly downhill over especially the past year or so.  The ability to 
change values (dataset sizes and other attributes) has gone from limited, to 
okay back to limited again.

It's not a "bad" way to install, but it's not as flexible as serverpak and it 
doesn't seem to get any better over time, every new install seems to take a 
small step backwards.  Sending in problem reports about the issues seems to be 
totally ignored.  Especially if you tell IBM about the problem and then also 
give them a work-around.  The attitude seems to be, "well, if you got around 
it, then why is it a problem?"

Sigh,

Brian

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