I indeed remember SMP v4, especially v4.13 that ironically had bugs. Circa 1978/79 and very ugly. Our PSR lived onsite for days.
David On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Bill Hitefield <[email protected]> wrote: In my SysProg days (70s - 80s), I would ACCEPT maintenance, but only after we had run it for a while. PUT maintenance was relegated to weekends. I would backup the full environment before running the ACCEPT (saved my bacon a few times). PS: Anybody else remember fighting with SMP v3? We were so happy when SMP v4 came out. 😊 Bill Hitefield -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gerhard Adam Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [External] Old School Maintenance Philosophy -- Never ACCEPT? I also don't recall a "never ACCEPT" policy. That would be silly because it becomes a "never RESTORE" policy. Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2018, at 7:08 AM, David L. Craig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> 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]<mailto:[email protected]> with the > message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
