You said, that the ++FEATURE and ++PRODUCT records are in the same file than the product MCS (++FUNCTION etc.) itself. I think at least in my case that's not true.
I found both in the same directory SMPPTFIN. While the normal MCS records are in (in my example) S006.CBCACHE.HPRF450.SMPMCS.pax.Z the product data is in S0029.CSP.STP35770.PRODDATA.pax.Z. (It is the same with the ++ASSIGN statements, which are in S0028.CSP.STP35770.ASSIGNS.pax.Z) So, if you use GIMUNZIP directly (what I had done) and not RECEIVE FROMNTS you'll miss the ++FEATURE and ++ PRODUCT. (The reason for doing GIMUNZIP directly was, that I haven't a running SMPNTS environment at that time and GIMUNZIP gives you normal MVS files instead of USS stuff, which one can use in old fashioned z/OS SMP/E jobs, but now I changed my environment to use RECEIVE FROMNTS.) Kind regards. Juergen BTW: IMHO such a central ++FEATURE/++PRODUCT repository would although be an idea for the IBM CPMz service (or other services who get a copy of the CSI from the customer and send back some kind of maintenance package) From the information in such a repository and the CSI records one should be able to "repair" the CSI in order to complete the missing ++FEATURE and ++PRODUCT records. Regards Juergen Kehr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
