We changed our philosophy recently. SYS1 datasets on IPL volume and any needed for IPL.
We now have our CICS HLQ as SYS3 and MQ as SYS3. These both have a SYS1 alias to avoid JCL changes. So for example, CICS alias is SYS1.CICSTS.SDFHLOAD points to SYS3.CICSTS&CICSVER.SDFHLOAD (&CICSVER is a system symbol). On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > So conventions are on a shop basis. Whatever the shop wants to use, is > the convention > > I have known some shops to use this > > SYS1CA for all CA Products > SYS1IBM for all IBM products > SYS1ORC for all Oracle products and so on > > I have known some shops to use this > > SYS1 - all IBM Products > SYS2 - Vendor A products > SYS3 - Vendor B products > > And so on. > > When they got to SYS9 - they began to uses SYSA > > Some shops do > > SYS1 - Only MCAT products then use second level qualifier to identify > vendor - IBM CA etc > > When some shops install Serverpac, they use CEE for LE, BPX, etc that is > the names used by IBM > > When some shops install Serverpac, they change the IBM names in server pac > to shop standards - SYS1.CEE rather than CEE > > Everything is based on what the shop standards are. > > So bottom line, No Standard for naming convention. Each shop makes that > determination. And that standard is affected by your SAF product and > application naming convetions. > > > SYS3 is not a standard in the business to indicate a 3rd party vendor. > > > HTH > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 7:18 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: SYS3 datasets > > > > We have a staff z/OS systems programmer who claims that: > > "Almost all shops use the SYS3. HLQ to indicate third party software." > > > > So new software installs *have* to follow that "rule". (Past installs > did not > > follow such a rule.) > > > > I am thinking that this "rule" is really just *his* rule. > > > > Opinions? > > > > How many other sites follow such a rule? > > > > -- > > Tony Thigpen > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
