I typically apply maintenance to my base target zone which has an associated DLIB zone which is never IPLed from. I have 3 SYSRES volumes per environment (TECH, DEV, PROD-A, PROD-B) for a total of 12 SYSRES volumes. I have a cloning process that besides building the entire sysres, also does a full SMPE ZONECOPY to match it, and is connected to the common Global. At any time, I have a complete and in-tact SMPE environment to match every SYSRES. This has been helpful for IBM support wanting to know a PTF Level of a particular module, to applying the PTF in a pinch(very rare), etc.
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Mainframe Engineering, Assistant Vice President [email protected] 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Giannelli Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: SMPe "rollout" of maintenance **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** **DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails** When I obtain maintenance for an RSU (e.i. for Db2 RSU1902). I receive and apply, then implement first in one of our 2 sand boxes, leaving our 2nd sand box at our prior maintenance level. My question is, before I have rolled out the new maintenance, what if I need a one off PTF for the prior maintenance? Should 2 CSIs be kept? One for new maintenance and a second one for a prior maintenance level. Thanks Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
