You don't do anything with the HLQ, it's the second level qualifier (or any of the ones after the HLQ) that is affected when you want to log onto multiple LPARs with the saem ID.
For instance Production = BRIAN.PROD.ISPPROF TEST = BRIAN.TEST.ISPPROF Sandbox = BRIAN.SBOX.ISPPROF All of them are actually use the SYSNAME variable in the REXX exec or clist that invokes ISPF when the user logs on, the tail part of mine is: "ALLOC FI(ISPLLIB) SH REU DS("XX ATTR="LRECL(80)BLKSIZE(0)RECFM(F,B)" PROF="'"USERID()"."MVSVAR("SYSNAME")".ISPPROF'" <-- note the SYSNAME variable IF SYSDSN(PROF)\="OK" THEN "ALLOC DIR(50)SP(5,5)CYL DSORG(PO) DS("PROF")"ATTR "ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) SH REU DS("PROF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN