That would be nice. It ought to also have a way to answer Marcy's question, "Has PTF xxx been applied to the system (or, perhaps, to a specified module)?" without having to wade through a list of the universe of PTFs. As long as we are dreaming, it would be nice to have a defined interface so that we could interrogate cooperative ISV modifications to CP (VSSI, CA, et. al.) via the same command.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 3:28 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Sevice level > > What I would like: > > 1) a flag for the output of Q CPLEVEL that indicates that > additional service beyond the displayed level has been > applied. Something like 8801++. > > Applying the next RSU would reset the flag until the next PTF > outside the RSU is applied. > > 2) a new option to SERVICE that does the VMFSIM magic to list > all PTFS applied to a component. Example: > > SERVICE LIST CP > > Resulting in something like: > > RSU 8801 > PTF xxxxxxxxc > PTF yyygyygyy > Etc > > I think that would help non-SES wizards to understand without > breaking the older method. > > > > > On Apr 9, 2011, at 20:06, "Alan Altmark" > <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Following up on Nick Harris' expectation to see a change to QUERY > > CPLEVEL after applying COR service to CP, I'd like to open a > > discussion on how folks perceive service levels. That is, is there > > some way that you feel IBM should express the concept of > 'service level'? > > > > For the sake of discussion, let us assert that: > > - We are talking about the running entity, not the copy of > the entity > > on the build disk. > > - Unless there are specific pre-reqs or co-reqs, PTFs can > be applied > > in any order or combination. > > - Each component (CP, CMS, DIRMAINT, RACF, SES, etc.) has its own > > service stream > > > > Regards, > > Alan > > > > z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant > > IBM System Lab Services and Training > > ibm.com/systems/services/labservices > > office: 607.429.3323 > > alan_altm...@us.ibm.com >
