After I did an apply, I used to SE the sysout and create a dataset from the report. Keeping them for whatever time period you want. I would use descriptive names to indicate what they were. For example. USERID.SYSOUT.RSU1224.APPLY
Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Monday, August 19, 2024, 9:11 AM, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: After we complete a maintenance cycle we create a snapshot target zone. Then we can execute a REPORT SYSMODS INZONE(&NEWZONE) COMPAREDTO(&OLDZONE). That gives us all the information we've ever needed to compare maintenance levels. Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 9:00 AM, Kurt Quackenbush <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the op already have the kcal of the apply, why not to run apply check > > redo? > > > Well, that's an interesting suggestion. To use REDO you must specifically > identify the PTFs you want to apply in the SELECT operand. I haven't tried > this, but I'm thinking APPLY REDO might not show you all the same HOLDs > because they will already be resolved. > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=ac-exception-sysmods-hold > > Since the APPLY CHECK REDO and LIST solutions both require identifying all > the PTFs, my personal preference is for LIST to guarantee listing all of the > HOLDs. > > Kurt Quackenbush > IBM | z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management | [email protected] > > Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
