On 18May23:1247+0000, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > Not sure how long ago eons was, but I started in the > mid-80s on MVS/SP and at my first SMP/E (and I believe > only) class, I was taught the APPLY / run for a while / > ACCEPT usage - except for USERMODs or APARs that hadn't > had a published PTF yet.
I learned to use SMP back on MVT (am I the only one still here that can truthfully make that statement?) and while it's been a while since I last used SMP/E, I do not recall ever encountering a no ACCEPT policy for any IBM MRM. But people aren't mentioning policy for archiving snapshots of target and DLIB volumes and restoring therefrom--much faster than reAPPLYing LOTS of maintenance. That also requires tracking the target/DLIB volume snapshot associations, which are not necessarily based upon the dates of the snapshots. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
