> On Sep 24, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > > We have a staff z/OS systems programmer who claims that: > "Almost all shops use the SYS3. HLQ to indicate third party software." > > So new software installs *have* to follow that "rule". (Past installs did not > follow such a rule.) > > I am thinking that this "rule" is really just *his* rule. > > Opinions? > > How many other sites follow such a rule? > > -- > Tony Thigpen
Tony: It depends on the oem product. If I know the history of the product then its simple issue. Keep the sys3 datasets around for the life of the product. Some products I just do not trust and I play games with datasets. A *LONG* time ago I had a vendor that updated this one specific dataset everytime it ran. I did not want to get write authority to the users. I created a “test.product.update” and let the people update it. If it got clobbered which it invariable did I would copy over the sys3 dataset for that product “test.product.update” I won’t name the product as I had a loathing for them. I kept there midnight called to a minimum bu doing that. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
