Re: V3R1 to V3R2 Upgrade

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxx (Charlie Massoglia)]

>To clarify #7:  PWRDWNSYS *IMMED RESTART(*YES) IPLSRC(D)
>Will cause system to start IPL from V3R2 release tapes.
>Make sure keylock is in NORMAL position.
>  
>Step 12.5 could be inserted here to reapply changes to IBM defaults 
>(commands, authorities, printer file defaults, subsystems, job queues, 
>routing entries, etc. etc.) that you may have made in the past, and if you
>did you should have kept all these changes in a CL program (I have one
>called RLSUPDCHG, I've seen others call it something like OS400CHGS, etc.).
>Yes some people make changes in a library they place above QSYS.  I don't
>like that approach (sorry guys  :-) ) because a) I don't really like having
>a library above QSYS in the library list that someone else may place 
>surprises in, and  b) If you do have your own versions of commands etc. 
>above QSYS they may not work after a release upgrade anyway (ie. you may
>have to recreate a command, make a subsystem change different because IBM
>may have added the same routing entry you used into QCMN or somewhere, etc.)
>so why not just place all your changes in a CL program that will recreate
>commands, add routing entries, change command defaults, change command 
>authorities, etc.
>  
If you want to modify command defaults for IBM commands, we do not do so in
QSYS.  For example, if you want your printers to resume printing without
having to respond to a message in QSYSOPR after adding paper, you can change
the command default for CRTDEVPRT to PRTERRMSG(*INFO).  We create a library
called SYSMODS (others call it ALTQSYS) with AUT(*USE) specified.  We modify
QSYSLIBL to put this library in front of QSYS.  We then use a program
CRTDUPOBJ to copy the commands into SYSMODS and modify the command defaults
using CHGCMDDFT.

As long as the library is created AUT(*USE), you should not have a security
exposure of unauthorized people putting things into or modifying commands in
a library in front of QSYS.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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