> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: cascading catalog dataset aliases. > > >If management requires the dsnames to include the version number > > I have two concerns with this: > 1. Shouldn't management tell you what to do, not how to do it?
Our manager is also a techie and still needs to do techie stuff because we are short handed. He is still a good techie. > 2. What is the benefit of having versions in the Production dsn? > > - > Ted MacNEIL > [email protected] It is immediately apparent from the DSN which version of the program is running. I.e. we get asked: "What version of ... are you running?" Instead of needing to look it up in some document (assuming we are not up on the version), we can use ISPF option 3.4 to look at SYS3.<product_name> and the 3rd node is the VersionReleaseModification level. Also, the job has this in the JESMSGS dataset and JCL so we know what release was run even if we don't have a report. Or if the report does not contain the release information. Not all products put the release information in the report itself. We sometimes keep multiple versions around for backup. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
