Speagle never heard of DDDEFS? Where space allocations can be made? Plus, running out of space isn’t that big a deal. An easy fix for even rookie SPs. What are May times?
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, June 16, 2024, 1:01 AM, rpinion865 <[email protected]> wrote: I have also found that using a PDSE for SMPWRK6 can speed up SMP/E processing. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Sunday, June 16th, 2024 at 12:50 AM, David Spiegel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > You said: "....but I know how you like to show everyone your special > intelligence ..." How do you know this? Have we ever met? I have seen > may times where SMP jobs failed because the default space Allocation for > SYSUTxs and SMPWRKxs was too small. My advice is practical, not > pedantic. Regards, David > On 2024-06-16 00:42, Dave Beagle wrote: > > > The sample I’ve provided was an actual RSU install. The exclude was PTF’s > > that needed to be excluded for various reasons. Most likely PTF’s in error. > > As for defaults that don’t need coded, who cares? Defaults are nice to show > > for people who aren’t privy to them. The other SMPWRK & SYSUT were most > > likely generated by SMP/e and meaningless to his question but I know how > > you like to show everyone your special intelligence. This example was from > > 2017 when I was installing & maintaining DB2. > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > On Sunday, June 16, 2024, 12:27 AM, Brian > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > I agree with everything except the last part about selecting the PTFs > > individually. I do the same thing that the OP is doing. My reason is that I > > can get the ones the "need" to be excluded from the applychk, but since he > > is doing a RSU, he likely wants everything that is not going to fail > > because of failed or missing prereqs. > > > > Coding defaults never hurts though. > > > > As far as getting through the 134 PTF's you pretty much have to look at > > them all and see if the action is going to need you to do something that > > you can't or don't want to do or will affect something poorly in your > > system. It's difficult to tell you for sure without knowing anything about > > your site and if the required actions are going to present a problem for > > you. > > > > If it helps, most of the actions are likely fairly benign things, but > > again, it's difficult to tell you without specific knowledge of the action > > items in question. > > > > Brian > > > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:00:55 -0400, David [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > - RETRY(YES) and JCLINREPORT are defaults. There is no need to code them. > > > - The SYSUTx ALLOCATIONS might be too small > > > - The SMPWRKx Allocations could benefit from half-track blocking (i.e. > > > BLKSIZE=27920). > > > - Instead of PTFS and EXCLUDE, why not SELECT the 134 PTFs? > > > > > > Regards, > > > David > > > > > > On 2024-06-14 18:30, Dave Beagle wrote: > > > > > > > Depends on the holds. DOC holds are easily bypassed. Others not > > > > entirely bypass-able.(although most are) Some of them you might have to > > > > perform a bind to finish the installation. Here is a sample. > > > > //WJJCAPCK JOB (3200,TBL1),'APCK DB2 MAINT',CLASS=8,MSGCLASS=Q, > > > > // NOTIFY=&SYSUID,REGION=6M > > > > /JOBPARM SYSAFF=BCWD > > > > // > > > > //S1 EXEC PGM=GIMSMP, > > > > // PARM='PROCESS=WAIT', > > > > // DYNAMNBR=120 > > > > //* > > > > //* NOTE: THIS JCL CREATED BY THE COMMAND GENERATION DIALOGS. > > > > //* > > > > //* SMP ZONE-RELATED FILES ARE DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATED, > > > > //* THIS INCLUDES THE SMPPTS, SMPLOG, AND SMPTLIB DATA SETS, > > > > //* IF APPLICABLE. > > > > //* > > > > //* SMP FILES > > > > //* > > > > //SMPCSI DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SMPE.DB2V8R1.GLOBAL.CSI > > > > //SMPOUT DD SYSOUT=* > > > > //SMPRPT DD SYSOUT=* > > > > //SMPLIST DD SYSOUT=* > > > > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > > > > //* > > > > //* UTILITY WORK DATA SETS IF REQUIRED FOR THE COMMAND > > > > //* FOLLOW HERE. > > > > //* INFORMATION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THESE DATASETS IS > > > > //* SET USING OPTION 0 (SETTINGS) FROM THE SMP/E PRIMARY > > > > //* OPTION PANEL. > > > > //* > > > > //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > > > > //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > > > > //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > > > > //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(38,100)) > > > > //* > > > > //* SMP TEMPORARY WORK DATA SETS > > > > //* > > > > //SMPWRK1 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > > > > // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > > > > // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > > > > //SMPWRK2 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > > > > // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > > > > // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > > > > //SMPWRK3 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > > > > // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > > > > // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > > > > //SMPWRK4 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > > > > // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > > > > // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > > > > //SMPWRK6 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > > > > // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > > > > // DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=3120) > > > > //* > > > > //* > > > > //SMPCNTL DD * > > > > SET BOUNDARY (DSN8TRG) > > > > . > > > > APPLY > > > > PTFS > > > > BYPASS ( > > > > HOLDSYSTEM > > > > ( > > > > DOC > > > > DB2BIND > > > > IPL > > > > ACTION > > > > AO > > > > DEP > > > > DELETE > > > > ) > > > > ) > > > > JCLINREPORT > > > > CHECK > > > > EXCLUDE ( > > > > UK16725 > > > > UK16766 > > > > UK17549 > > > > UK17614 > > > > UK17616 > > > > UK17619 > > > > UK17786 > > > > UK17972 > > > > UK18140 > > > > UK18173 > > > > UK18509 > > > > UK18859 > > > > UK19013 > > > > UK19209 > > > > UK19249 > > > > UK19337 > > > > UK19345 > > > > UK19528 > > > > UK19578 > > > > UK19603 > > > > UK20093 > > > > UK20531 > > > > UK20550 > > > > UK20557 > > > > UK20696 > > > > UK21117 > > > > ) > > > > GROUPEXTEND > > > > RETRY(YES) > > > > . > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > On Friday, June 14, 2024, 9:19 AM, Steve > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > Upfront - I am not a DB2 SYSPROG, SYSADM, or Programmer > > > > > > > > I have pulled in and applied DB2 V12 RSU2403. That was the easy part. > > > > > > > > There are 134 PTF's with HOLD ACTION and that is where trouble is going > > > > to > > > > > > > > Begin. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a Home Grown implementation document to help me get > > > > > > > > Through these 134 PTF's with HOLD. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Stev > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email [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
