Tom, We do a consolidated maintenance cycle two times per year, both IBM software, and ISV. We only IPL prod systems two times per year. If I have to back off the OSPROTECT support, then the rest of the IBM maintenance goes with it, plus the additional outage we wouldn’t normally take.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spectre/Meltdown APAR - OA54807 **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:39:21 +0000, Jousma, David wrote: >backing out means regressing z/OS maint, and IPLing vs just changing >the OSPROTECT setting, and IPLing....a huge difference. You mean IPLing from the previous IPL volume? Why is that such a big deal? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
