Re: SEP does not honor UPDPROD(*YES) flag

Seems RDi is now ignoring Update Production files in the launch
configuration and always using the flag in the global preferences. I would
expect one of two things:

1. Use the flag in preferences to populate the Launch Configuration flag
when the SEP is created, and always use the Launch Configuration flag to
set UPDPROD(). This has the advantage of being able to manually turn off
the flag in Launch Configuration even if it is selected in Preferences. I
can't imagine why anyone would want this, but I don't know everyone's
situation.
-or-
2. If either the preferences flag or the launch configuration flag is set,
then use UPDPROD(*YES), otherwise UPDPROD(*NO). This allows folks to keep
Preferences unselected, and manually select the flag in Launch
Configuration when necessary, thus maintaining the protections for *PROD
libraries if you have both *PROD and *TEST on the same box or lpar.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 6:51 AM Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <
wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mark,

There was an earlier APAR at the end of February that reported that SEP
launch wasn't honoring the default value of Update production files that
was set in Preferences.

If you had that value selected in preferences, you still had to remember
to check the box at starting of the SEP.

If you are certain that Update production files is selected when you
launch the SEP, there could be an exit program monitoring application on
your system forcing *PROD files to UPDPROD(*NO). Many security software
companies offer these types of programs to override commands to product
production machines.

If your IBM i isn't running an exit point monitoring software application,
please contact IBM Support so we can help resolve this problem.

Thanks!

Steve Ferrell



-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Mark
Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 9:34 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
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Subject: [WDSCI-L] SEP does not honor UPDPROD(*YES) flag

I have been having issues with debugging recently, I am not able to run a
SEP on a file in a *PROD library.

RDi version 9.6.0.5

If I look at the launch configuration for the specific SEP I have
configures, Update p[roduction file is checked, yet whenever I launch the
program, it fails with CPF4203 Member cannot be opened while UPDPROD(*NO).

Any ideas?
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