ASPs

[D.BALE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Again, from my mainframe and NT bosses...

I am being asked as to whether the AS/400 supports (what they call)
"channels", which (based on a 20 minute conversation that I will avoid here) I
have interpreted to mean what the AS/400 calls ASPs.  The idea is to keep the
OS and LPPs and all other (if any) objects that do not change except on
installation and PTF installs in a single ASP all by itself and then all user
libraries and perhaps (?) other system objects that are subject to change are
kept in another ASP.

I have had only a brief exposure to ASPs at one client site several years ago
and my only rememberence as a programmer was that it was a royal PITA and
could not understand the benefits of having 2 user ASPs.  FWIW, it was a JD
Edwards shop.

The basis for which my bosses are asking this question seem related to being
able to backup the user libraries on a daily basis but only have to backup the
OS & LPPs when they are upgraded/PTF'd/whatever.  Yes, I know, I know, this is
a SAVSYS & SAVLIB *IBM stuff vs. SAVLIB *NONSYS stuff (as well as the SAVDLO &
SAV commands), but I just wanted to have a clear(er) understanding from those
on the list with ASP experience to see if there are other considerations I am
not thinking of.  One that I'm guessing on is that recovery from a DASD
failure that requires a restore would be much less blood-letting if the system
were set up using ASPs.  Yes/No?

TIA.

- Dan
Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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