Alan Altmark wrote:
On Wednesday, 06/07/2006 at 11:07 EST, Alan Ackerman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That's good news. Perhaps it is time to re-examine our staunch
opposition
to PUT2PROD.
Another problem with PUT2PROD that comes to mind is that we don't want
to
install VM on every system, we want to install it once (actually twice
because of VPARS and VTAPE) and then copy it to all the other systems.
Can
PUT2PROD do that now that it no longer insists on forcing off userids?
Don't put the burden of multi-system maintenence on PUT2PROD's shoulders.
You might be able to bend PUT2PROD to your will, but the design of the
entire installation/service process is, as you imply, for a single system.
I think people do things as you describe in order to avoid repetition and
save time, both excellent goals. We're looking at ways to reach them and
we're more than happy to hear how (and why!) people maintain their systems
the way they do.
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
Having come from a site with 3+ vm systems I can assure you we installed
and maintained once and distributed the updates to other systems.
Another on this list (JIM S.) can provide the detail since he has been
handling that process for a number of years. As Marcy points out the
"other" stuff such as CA, Velocity etc has their own issues.
Phil
Phil
