SMP should not be pointing at the live Unix directories. The real question is how to merge new/changed files in the target file system with production files, whether in /etc and /var or elsewhere.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) <lionel.d...@va.gov> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Best Practices for z/OS Maintenance A question was asked what the best practices are for installing z/OS maintenance to make sure that the /etc and /var files are not replaced by IBM maintenance? (cross posting to MVS OpenEdition and IBM-Main Listservs) Thank you -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
