I do wonder... with git now available, and this being normal USS, maybe zOSMF can start formally adopting/requiring git. Then, moving updates from these files onto newer versions is a matter of applying git patches on the new ones, where possible. Something that the zOSMF UI can accomodate.
Do let me know if this doesn't make sense lol. - KB ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 1:49 AM, Gibney, Dave <000003b5261cfd78-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > No > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On > > Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G > > Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 11:01 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Best practice for /etc and /var when upgrading > > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > > > How do people handle /SYSTEM/etc and /SYSTEM/var when upgrading z/OS? > > In the past we’ve had these filesystems on an auxiliary volume, so that they > > remained the same during any upgrades unless we deliberately changed > > something. For our last upgrade (this past weekend) our management > > outsourced the upgrade to a 3rd party service provider, and the sysprog > > doing > > it configured completely new filesystems for these that were the generic > > IBM- > > provided versions, without any of our customizations. He claims this is a > > best > > practice. What say ye? > > > > -- > > Curtis Pew > > ITS Campus Solutions > > curtis....@austin.utexas.edu > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
