RE: Test environments

Weston,

As others have said, this takes up quite a bit of disk space.  The main reason 
for have a duplicate of the program and installation libraries is if you are 
going to a different level, applying and testing programs not used in the 
production environment, etc.  If your programs are NOT changing, then it does 
not seem necessary to go to the additional effort and space of setting up the 
program library.  In your test environment, you can manipulate the library list 
to test user-program changes without having to duplicate the entire AMALIB.  In 
your "re-alignment" are you changing MAPICS functions, versions or application 
sets?  If not, you may not need the program library.

David  

-----Original Message-----
From: Weston Wheat [mailto:wwheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:50 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: Test environments


Thanks all.
I am thinking about doing the TT environment.
That way I would get the files and programs.
And be separate from my MM environment.
Correct?

Weston

-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Olshavsky
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:29 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: RE: Test environments


Dan, MM is the default. If you create an MM env.  then the libraries are
named as follows...  AMALIB, AMFLIB, AMTLIB & AMXLIB
If you were to create a YY env then names are
AMFLIBY, AMFLIBY, AMTLIBY & AMXLIBY....
If you create and MY env.
then AMFLIB, AMXLIB,  AMFLIBY & AMTLIBY
The 1st letter is for the Program (AMA) and Install tailor (AMX) libs.
the 2nd is for files (AMF) & data trans (AMT)
Hope this is not to confusing.
Pete

Dan Bale <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, if it didn't help him, it sure helped me!

The standard environment designators (MM, MT) are just conventions, correct?
You can set their library lists however you want?

TIA, db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Lauderdale
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:25 PM
>
> Weston,
>
> I think that it is important to realize that you can have a test
> environment that is "only files" and one that is both files and
> programs.
>
> The designator "MM" is standard for MAPICS. The first "M" refers
> to the program library and second "M" refers to the file
> libraries. In our situation, we have an "MT" environment that
> uses the program library, AMALIB, and the files libraries of
> AMFLIBT and AMTLIBT.
>
> If you want a separate environment with its own program library,
> then you need to change both designators. For example, at one
> point we had a test environment, "TT" that used AMALIBT as the
> program library and AMFLIBT and AMTLIBT as the file libraries.
> In case you don't know the difference between AMFLIB and AMTLIB,
> AMFLIB contains all the master files and subsidiary files while
> AMTLIB contains only the transaction files.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> David

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