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pauly_william

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:36 pm
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Greetings all,

I got into a bit of hot water or frustrated territory yesterday trying to explain why I followed a ISV's installation documentation and not follow the undocumented company's traditional way of doing business. So my question is, is there a SHARE session, Redbook, or .PDF out there I just not aware or unable to locate that describes "The Best Practices for ISV Management"?

In particular I'd like to know how most shops install, test, and roll out ISV. How do they save documentation and job listings?

The best way to describe our shop and the training I've received in this area...."A BLOODLY GONG SHOW".

Any help or insights appreciated!!

-pauly
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:23 pm
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I was thinking you were using the term "ISV" to be Independent Software Vendor until I hit this sentence, which implies ISV is something else entirely:
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In particular I'd like to know how most shops install, test, and roll out ISV.
If the sentence read "roll out ISV software" that would jive with what I thought -- but now it sounds like you're looking for information about one particular package, and not one I've heard of.
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pauly_william

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:38 pm
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Yes, my appologies.

ISV = Independent Software Vendors....I suppose to be more specific Non-SMPE products.
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:52 pm
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I suppose to be more specific Non-SMPE products.
I'm glad you clarified that -- since CA and Compuware both are ISV but use SMP/E for their installs.

For non-SMP/E ISV products, we typically follow the vendor recommendations in the installation manual (or guide or whatever is provided), tempered by experience. We transfer the release to a release-specific set of data sets, and generally test using STEPLIB to point to the new release. Once testing is complete, the LINKLIB is updated with the new release load modules and refreshed to access them. A sandbox LPAR for testing really comes in handy since every now and then something won't work right in the LINKLIB so we always install there before scheduling a production change!
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pauly_william

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:46 pm
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Thanks Robert!

Just found this doc that's helpful

OS/390 & ISV RESVOL
(Installation and) Maintenance
Strategies
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Peter Nancollis

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:45 am
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At the end of the day it doesnt matter whether you are implementing SMP or non-SMP code from IBM or ISVs [ CA and SMP .... Hmmmm ! ]

Mostly what you run and how you get it there is a local standard.
- there are as many options/routes/cul-de-sacs as you care to imagine

The vendor may be able to say how to [or how they think you should ] install things ... but the bottom line is its down to you [or your Co.s ] standards ...its your business - you are just using their s/w !
I would, however, be very cognisant of anything they say ...may not do what they say , but I will be damn sure why I dint
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