On Tuesday, 07/15/2008 at 07:40 EDT, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh. When I noticed that PUT2PROD would simply force the TCPIP service > machine without any check & warning, I decided this was just not meant > to be used in the open.
PUT2PROD hasn't done that for a long time. We don't only work on CP! > It must not be too hard to optionally show the systems programmer what > needs to be done rather than just doing it. But if nothing else, > what's your objection against playing it on a 2nd level system and > then compare mini disks to find what needs to be done? PUT2PROD does more than just copy minidisks. > When the maintenance process requires a fair number of manual tasks to > be repeated on the production systems, it greatly reduces the value of > doing this on a test system. What "fair number" of tasks? SERVICE, IPL 2nd level system, then PUT2PROD. How many more were you thinking of? BTW, there's nothing wrong with building a test system and then copying that into production in whatever way you wish. I'm not going to dictate to anyone how to get your system into Final Real Production. I'm just suggesting that those who eschew PUT2PROD will find life more complicated in the future. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
