Or have someone stay logged on to TSO while updating the logon procs. If there's a problem they can fix it.
Alan Schwartz SO Delivery, Server Systems Operations From: "Tony's Outlook via Mozilla" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 07/07/2015 09:02 AM Subject: Re: Product Remove from z/OS Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Thank you EE, for stirring up a not so pleasant memory. I once worked at a very small MVS shop where the one and only TSO proc was crippled by human factors. Luckily we had a pirate copy of SAE. Hint: Whenever one modifies a logon procedure, before saving, submit it. On 7/7/2015 8:07 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > Sorry for drift in this thread, but I can't resist... ;-) > > John Eells wrote: > >> "Everyone" has a TSO-only logon proc, right? (Right? If not, you might wish to drop what you're doing, and create one now!) > > Yes! Yes! Very good advice! ;-) (Years ago, a colleague changed a TSO proc in a new library while forgetting to copy the emergency TSO procs to that new library... ouch... that was big fun in MVS/XA days... ) > > It reminds me of that old trick. If you make changes to a proclib member (an important STC for example), do that on a spare set of IPL volumes and test it out! > > It also reminds me of that time when my ex-boss put in a too big REGION in VTAM proc member. Guess what - at IPL the network won't come up and of course it was in those days we have one LPAR with nothing to share or spare... > >> I'm not sure this covers, for example, libraries in the LPA list. It's a good idea anyway! > > Thanks for that LPA reminder. It is true according to my fading memory. > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
