On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:12 PM, scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah... So John what do you guys do about system fixes, maintenance ? > Didn't look at email over the Labor Day weekend. For IBM software, basically z/OS and it's "included" products such as RACF and DFSORT, we would on a RECEIVE FROM NETWORK when IBM put up a new RSU. But we would only install selected PTFs if we were experiencing a problem or it as a "hiper" type situation. Our normal method of z/OS maintenance was to reorder z/OS & associated products; install & test on the sandbox; then create a new set of RES & CAT volume from those - IPL & test on a Sunday, then "go / no go". However, we basically were told to "stabilize" z/OS when we were "going to the cloud", so I stopped "wasting" MSUs by "downloading unneeded maintenance". I am not sure exactly what we will do in the future. I am hoping that we will simply order z/OS 2.3. But there are some problems with that in that we have a "permanent execution" license for some system level vendor products. I'm fairly sure these levels of software will not run on z/OS 2.3. I don't know what we would do if we "had to" upgrade z/OS. The company remains very cost conscience. And that area (money) is totally outside my purview & knowledge. The other main IBM software is CICS Transaction Server. We are 4.2. I don't really know what is going to happen to this product either. What we have does the job for us. So justifying the increased cost to go to 5.4 seems unlikely. Our applications are basically fairly simple COBOL programs. That is, they don't need any of the new facilities in 5.4 (or even earlier). We basically did the same with vendor products. But the "cloud sourcing" only slowed down our implementations. We have upgraded CA-Datacom/AD & CA-11, & are finishing up CA-7 (delayed due to vacation). We are not, never have been, nor are ever likely to be "on the edge". > > Scott > > -- Caution! The OP is an hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist and this email may cause stress to those with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
