Since it looks like SAF is out, and you simply need a VM Directory
Maintenance product - I suggest you look at VM:Secure from Computer
associates.  It's a thousand times better than DIRMAINT.

Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Altmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: System administration facility/dirmaint


On Monday, 02/03/2003 at 11:37 CST, Alex Leyva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi all, somebody knows whats the diferences between the System
> Administration Facility and DirMaint? The situation is that the people
> from IBM told us that they will install it after install zvm, i have
> never heard about it, i read the info about it and i think that it is
> a replacement for DirMaint, so i want to know the diferences between
> both, and the experience of use.

The Systems Administration Facility (SAF) is the z/VM "compatibility mode"
for customers who were using the Virtual Image Facility (VIF) product.  It
is *not* a replacement for DirMaint.

If you were not previously using VIF, then I do NOT recommend that you use
SAF.  While it makes the system easier to administer, it has a lot of
limitations that will frustrate you.

Use DirMaint.

Alan Altmark
Sr. Software Engineer
IBM z/VM Development

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