Re: Test Development System Survey

[JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

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A little juggling of the library list gives complete isolation from
production:
LIVE ENVIRONMENT:
             DATALIVE
             PROGRAMLIVE
             ...
TEST ENVIRONMENT:
             DATATEST
             PROGRAMTEST
             PROGRAMLIVE
             ...
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I have to point out that at V5R2, Independent Disk Pools eliminate the need
for these types of library lists.  You can completely segregate the
different environments and move between them without having to manipulate
job descriptions and library lists.  Security is also greatly enhanced.
Programmers can still see the data without signing on to the production
environment, (using SQL) so they loose the one primary complaint the use.
We have the ability to test the actual object in the actual environment it
will run in.  That should be a compelling case to at least investigate the
use of the new tools we have.  One more thing, IDPs set up the system up
for clustering.  Along with an LPAR, that will allow a properly set up
system to run 24*7*365 without much if any downtime, HA software optional
unless an HA environment is needed.


Jim Oberholtzer
Senior Solutions Architect
Computech Resources, Inc.