On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:56:31 +0000, Jousma, David wrote:

>Yea, I'm not a fan of that either, especially when things are going south, and 
>a PARMLIB change needs to be made quickly.   I do like the idea of automatic 
>change tracking like Ira mentioned with various software vendors that do that. 
>  When they provide before/after images of the members in the libraries of 
>interest, it is helpful for change/audit management, but also when someone fat 
>fingers something by accident...
>
Even as many installations prefer not to run production systems directly
from SMP/E target libraries, there should be a Deploy step for PARMLIB
which copies from change-controlled libraries to SYS1.

With suitable auditing of any bypass of Deploy.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Allan Staller
>Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 9:22 AM
>
>I have heard of some shops that had SYS1.PARMLIB under LIBRARIAN or PANVALET 
>control.
>I (fortunately) have never had to work in any of them.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sean Gleann
>Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:39 AM
>
>I'm coming under pressure from 'upstairs' regarding the idea of implementing 
>change control or versioning on parmlib members and other 'control'-type files 
>(WLM policy, SMS rules, RACF, etc)

-- gil

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