That looks like a good start, Martin. My need for an audit trail appears to covered. But is modifying the policy via batch something that is still to be developed/documented? Do you have any plans for such a thing?
Regards John On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Martin Packer <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually I sort of already did: > > > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/MartinPacker/entry/playing_spot_the_difference_with_wlm_service_definitions?lang=en > > Cheers, Martin > > Martin Packer, > zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, > Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > From: Martin Packer/UK/IBM@IBMGB > To: [email protected] > Date: 20/11/2014 11:03 > Subject: Re: WLM in batch? > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > Would XML suit you? > > It's what I do in Batch from the ISPF TLIB. I'm not sure whether to write > up what is an undocumented and unsupported technique. > > Cheers, Martin > > Martin Packer, > zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, > Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM > > +44-7802-245-584 > > email: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > From: John Compton <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 20/11/2014 10:49 > Subject: WLM in batch? > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > Currently, the only way I know of handling WLM policy changes is though > the > ISPF dialogs, screens, etc., that sit behind IWMARIN0. That's all very > well, but beyond the NOTES function (and/or in-house change control > documentation), there is no real possibility of an audit trail. > > Is there any way of handling WLM policy processing in batch? > > I'd like to be able to 'unload' the current policy into a flat file of > statements that are expressed in English or something reasonably > understandable at least. > From there I'd like to be able to modify (a) selected statement(s), then > specify those statements as SYSIN to a batch program (or input to a REXX) > to reload/modify the current policy. > > Yes, you can unload the policy into a bunch of members in a PDS, but the > individual members are stored as hex code and are not 'readable' with > IEH-EYEBALL, so that isn't a solution for my enquiry. > > I've scanned the cbttape site, and tried googling with various search > arguments, but nothing makes itself immediately obvious. > > Any suggestions gratefully received... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
