Dennis, It's safe to use SERVICE and PUT2PROD on a system that has VM:Secure Rules installed. I do it all the time.
Dennis O'Brien There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those that understand binary and those that don't. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Schaffer Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 16:08 To: [email protected] Subject: [IBMVM] Use of VMSES/E SERVICE EXEC w/ CP Modifications Hi, We have historically used the VMSES/E SERVICE EXEC to install RSU and COR service to the Starter System during our initial z/VM installations. Shortly after the Starter System has reached our desired level of maintenance, we implement CP usermods in support of CA's VM:Secure Rules facility. That consists of replacing object decks for six CP modules with versions supplied by CA. We use the official VMSES techniques (VMFREPL, VMFBLD) to replace those CP modules and rebuild the CP nucleus. Thereafter, we avoid use of the SERVICE EXEC to install subsequent CP maintenance because I recall that SERVICE only works on an "unmodified" (whatever that means) VM system. We've used VMFREC, VMFMRDSK, VMFAPPLY, VMFBLD, etc.) to install subsequent maintenance. I've tried to find documentation on what sort of modifications are supported in order to continue using SERVICE and I'm unable to find that documentation. Can anyone point me to any documentation which describes the limitations of SERVICE EXEC w/ modified VM systems? Alternatively, can anyone tell me if its safe to use SERVICE with the usermods I've described? I suspect I'm being too conservative and maybe I can continue to use SERVICE but I want to be certain. Thanks in advance for any information you can provide, Dennis Schaffer Mutual of Omaha
