RE: Change system name

It's best to follow the examples in the manual and not use the
flexibility of the operating system.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Change system name
> From: Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, April 26, 2005 8:53 am
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> My opinion is that configuring your system the way others expect it to be
> configured makes it more workable.  Just because IBM gives us more than
> enough rope to hang ourselves, there's no reason to do it.
> 
> If the way you configure your system causes IBM to have to spend more time
> on your support call, then you (or we will all) will ultimately pay the
> price for it.
> 
> Al
> 
> Al Barsa, Jr.
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> "i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
> e gads
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> Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
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> I want to point out that although it's "traditional" to make the
> SYSNAME, LCLCPNAME, and LCLLOCNAME the same, strictly speaking it's
> not required.  I'm not sure about NWSDOMAIN.
> 
> However, the fun and games you will encounter if S,L, & L don't match
> are not worth the effort of making them different.  Ask me how I
> know!!  (:
> 
> Example:  IBM help line:  "OK, now SYSNAME and LCLCPNAME are the same,
> so...."
>              Us: "Uh, no, they're different."
>              IBM: "They're different??!!??  They're supposed to be the
> same."
>              Us:  "No, they are just -usually- the same."
>              IBM:  --silence--
>              Us:  "Hello??"
>              IBM:  "Uh, hold on a minute-- I need to check with someone
> else...."
> 
> --Paul E Musselman
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> >CHGNETA SYSNAME(new-name) LCLCPNAME(same-name) +
> >                   LCLLOCNAME(same-name) NWSDOMAIN(same-name)
> >
> >                   You must then re-ipl.
> >
> >                   Al
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> >Al Barsa, Jr.
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