The ones we did in the last '20' years was to test SAD. In the old days, you needed a SAD for IMS restart after a system crash (IIRC).
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Edward Gould > Sent: 29 September, 2017 1:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Last SAD (was: DLIB volume for SAD) > > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Art Gutowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > "Steely.Mark" <[email protected]> asked: > > > >> A little off topic - when is the last time anyone had to perform a > SAD ? I haven’t done one in 20+ years. > > > > We've taken at least a couple in the last 4 years. I don't recall the > exact circumstances (lots of brush fires early in the transition), but > on at least one occasion, IIRC, we were still working through firewall > issues and had a hard time getting the dump to IBM. > > > > Art Gutowski > > General Motors, LLC > > Mark, > Although its gotten a *LOT* better, I would guess maybe 1 a year is an > average. When MVS first came out we were doing at least 1 every two > days. > > Ed > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
