> On Nov 29, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brings to mind a near catastrophe in a previous shop where SYS1.PARMLIB was > kept on sysres. 'For compatibility' of course. Our VTAM guy made a change on > one system single-box that involved APF list. Shortly thereafter we switched > sysres for maintenance. The load library change was off of sysres, so it > remained, but the APF list change got replaced with the copy on the > already-copied new sysres. After IPL, VTAM would not come up. Logon > impossible. Remote data center in the Bay Area; we were in LA. We were about > to jump in a car and make the trip north when we figured out a fix, which > involved running a job that an operator *literally* punched onto cards.
Many years ago I went through the same thing. Sysprog screwup he got fired. Ed > > Self-inflicted wound. Survived through a mechanism that has long ceased to > exist. No one needs that level of anxiety. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-302-7535 Office > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John Eells > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: Catalogs in a SYSPLEX > > Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: >> I have to admit that locating MCAT on sysres avoids one step that we need to >> take. We run seven 'sysplexes' (some monoplex) that do not share any >> resources including MCAT. When we install a new release, there are often new >> sysres data sets that need to be cataloged on any plex by the time the new >> release gets migrated there. We have a Rexx that ferrets out any new data >> sets in the SMP/E 'master catalog' and creates a batch job with DEF NVSAM >> commands. That job gets sent to all sysplexes as soon as SMP/E install is >> complete. New catalog entries cause no problem. Old catalog entries that >> really ought to be deleted don't cause problems either except for OCD types. > > Of course, it introduces other steps, such as IMPORTing the usercats for each > plex, and either freezing or keeping current and master-catalogs-to-be in > sync. > > <snip> > -- > John Eells > IBM Poughkeepsie > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
