RE: Multiple Environment Question

["Shrader, Patrick" <pshrader@xxxxxxxx>]

All,

Thanks for the input. I have decided that creating a completely separate
environment will be best for our situation.

Patrick


-----Original Message-----
From: Shaw, Dave [mailto:dshaw@syratech.com]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:41 AM
To: 'mapics-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Multiple Environment Question


Patrick,

If the two environments will always be at the same release level with the
same PTF's applied, sharing the program libraries somewhat simplifies
maintenance and saves some disk space. HOWEVER, if there's ever an occasion
when that is NOT the case, you will have serious issues. Being a pessimist
about these things, I would lean toward making them totally separate, simply
because the downside risk is lower.

Dave Shaw
MAPICS-L Moderator
Rauch Industries, Inc.
Gastonia, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: Shrader, Patrick [mailto:pshrader@wkep.com]

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Group,

For a couple years two divisions/sister companies have tried operating out
of one MAPICS environment, but as two different accounting companies.
However, mixing the item masters between these completely unrelated groups
has proven problematic over time. Therefore we are planning to create a
duplicate environment and assign one company to each, and work to delete
unneeded information (items, history, etc.) from each over time.

My question: should I share the existing AMALIBx & AMXLIBx libraries with
the new environment, or create a new set of all four MAPICS libraries? I
will be using the MAPICS create program, but I am looking for input on
creating an AB environment from XY, or just an XZ environment.

What are your thoughts and experiences?

Patrick Shrader
White Knight Engineered Products
Thantex Industries _______________________________________________
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