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Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: ZMF Automatic demotion at Baseline (1 of 2), Read 46 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Everett Harper everett.harper@worldspan.comDate: Thursday, April 12, 2007 08:18 AMI am running ZMF V553, is there any way to stop the automatic demotion of packages at baseline time by CMN application? As a last resort can it be done by hardcoding each application ID in the skels?ThanksEverettTopic: ZMF Automatic demotion at Baseline (2 of 2), Read 19 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Glenn Dove gdove@jasmattcorp.comDate: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 05:54 AM Hey Everett,Just customize your baseline ripple process (CMNINLPM) to exclude the cleanup based on the applications you don't want the cleanup to happen for. Check the application, set a flag and then have the cleanup happen based on the flag being set to yes or no. You might even want to set up a separate skel just to check the application and set the flag and imbed that. It will keep CMNINLPM cleaner

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: Promote after Baseline (1 of 4), Read 46 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Steve King StevenR.King@Caremark.comDate: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 08:10 AMOriginally Posted 4-Apr-2007 08:08Can a ChangeMan package be promoted after it has been 'baselined'? is there any option or customization for this? Do you know of any customers who do this? We may be looking into this option in the future.....The only three things that I could think of was A) Create new packages with the same components in as the "BAS" packages; and then promote to the post-prod environment; or B: When ChangeMan is down, change the status on the "BAS" packages to 'FRZ' on the package master to allow for the promote to this environment; and then change back to "BAS", but this option sounds dangerous; or C) Add more steps to the CMN30 install skel to do the promote, but have the job sit in SDSF on hold until the post prod move is ready to go.Topic: Promote aft

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: DB2 Bind to 2 Subsystems Simultaneously (1 of 2), Read 53 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Bill Raleigh wraleigh@agfinance.comDate: Friday, February 02, 2007 07:58 AMDoes anyone have Change Man binding to multiple DB2 subsystems at install time? We have 2 production DB2 subsystems and some programs need to be bound to both subsystems or the user wants to select which DB2 subsystem that their program will bind to at install time. Any info will be greatly appreciated.BillTopic: DB2 Bind to 2 Subsystems Simultaneously (2 of 2), Read 57 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Lynn West lwest@cds.caDate: Friday, February 02, 2007 08:28 AMWe investigated the same opportunity in the past, and were told by Serena it may require consulting services support. Customizing cmndb2pl related skels to support multiple DB2 subsystems would definitely be a benefit and avoid manual work arounds. Please keep the forum advised.#postb1242b4a9a#oldforumpost#Change

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: Suppress messages in TOP SECRET (1 of 2), Read 42 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Sam Garza Sam.garza@schwab.comDate: Thursday, October 19, 2006 04:00 PMWe are a ZMF 5.5.2 shop. Users without Global admin authority are generating error messages to the TOP SECRET log because they do not have admin, global admin, local admin rights. Is there any way to suppress these messages?Topic: Suppress messages in TOP SECRET (2 of 2), Read 8 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Sandy Karlin Sandra.Karlin@gwl.comDate: Thursday, May 24, 2007 01:30 PMThough we have CA/ACF2, we ran into the same problem. The solution is to turn off security violation logging in SERLCSEC. The line in the source code after turning off the logging looks like this:#postb1c5b54823#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: Sepatate Dev and Prod ChangeMan systems (1 of 2), Read 73 timesConf: ZMFFrom: David Sealey david.sealey@btgroup.co.zaDate: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:39 PMWe currently run in an ALL environment, but consideration is being given to creating a separate DP environment for security and efficiency of processing.Any opinions on using the DP environment? What about the conversion effort? How does a test environment access prod programs after clean up during promote/install?Regards,Dave SealeyTopic: Sepatate Dev and Prod ChangeMan systems (2 of 2), Read 62 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Miguel Nevarez Miguel.Nevarez@gmacinsurance.comDate: Monday, March 05, 2007 08:48 AMYou can refer to Serena KnowledgeBase Solution ID: 689 which explains how to Switch from a ALL Site to a DP Site.Hope this helps.#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post5ffeee84fc

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: lbjergesHi.I read the document "Converting Librarian to ZMF" and have three comments and a question.The comments:1) In the GPO-job I added the line:-OPT EXEC(R),NOSEPlike:...-OPT GPO-OPT EXEC(R),NOSEP-SEL LVLS= n,ARC=-00n...The EXEC(R) option will effectively overwrite any previous member versions on the work dataset so I'll always get the latest version.2) Why not just execute the CMNUPDAT utility always instead of doing the IEBCOPY from work to base-0 the first time?3) I wrote a Rexx tho generate the SYSIN file to CMNUPDAT:################################parse upper arg dsname /* Work dataset */memvar = ""m = 0address ISPEXEC "LMINIT DATAID(MEMID) DATASET('"dsname"')"address ISPEXEC "LMOPEN DATAID("memid") OPTION(INPUT) LRECL(DLND)"address ISPEXEC "LMMLIST DATAID("memid") OPTION(LIST) MEMBER(MEMVAR)"rcode = rcdo while rcode = 0m = m 1member.m = strip(memvar)address ISPEXEC "LMMLIST DATAID("memid") OPTION(LIST) MEMBER(MEMVAR

Discussion posted 11/11/09 by Lisa MastDetails:Are you testing 6.1.1 or 6.1.1a? Are you a PL/I shop? If yes, would you be willing to share your results and experience?#postcd5e0a412a#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost

Question posted 10/19/10 by R.CordoniDetails:Natively ChgMan ZMF don't allow access to Staging Variables (filled in Panels CMNUSR01 to 04) in "Query Package" after a Checkout.Does someone have a TIP, TRICK or SUGGESTION for this issue ?I'm doing the Checkout in Batch mode.Thanks in advance.#ChangeManZMF#post9e8e04a442#oldforumpost#stagingvariables

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: mikeclappHas anyone enhanced their baseline skels to transport the updated members out and over to Smart TS XL?Before I started building a new wheel, I thought I'd see if someone had one my size and willing to share the plans. :-)In the event someone has something similar that's not familiar with Smart TS XL (it's new to us), Smart TS XL is a search and relationship tool. So once we load it up with complete copies of select baseline libraries we're needing to keep it up to date. So I'm planning on adding processing into the baseline skels to:1. IEBPRNT/PNCH updated members (for select baselines) to a series of flat files2. that are then sent (via FTP probably) over to the Smart TS server for its delta processing.Anyone already have something like this that you're willing and able to share?Thanks,Mike ClappBNSF Railway817-352-2512Posted 8/29/2007 3:28 PM#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post7967e88911

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: bobdaviszmfAnyone have knowledge of how support for Java development can be implemented using ChangeMan ZMF?Please email me at bob.davis@schwab.comThank you,BobPosted 2/7/2008 2:11 PM#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post8307e0eb03

Question posted 5/8/08 by Dennis Johnson#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post8f3432343e

Question posted 12/7/10 by Scott DDetails:How does the approval work? is there REXX, SKEL that does this work in ZMF 5.3.3#oldforumpost#postec644b6a87#ChangeManZMF

Question posted 10/2/09 by Palmeri VickiDetails:We are currently running ChangeMan ZMF 5.3.5 and are upgrading CICS from 2.2 to 3.2. I've checked with Serena to see if any issues have been reported but since 5.3.5 went out of support in 2006, they have nothing reported. Is there anyone out there still on 5.3.5 with CICS v3.2? Any info would be helpful.#post1306961a53#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost

Question posted 12/11/08 by Jim DixonDetails:I am about to embark in trying to implement Change Man as the SCM tool for the IBM offering AirLine Control System (ALCS). Has anyone else attempted this? What are the pitfalls to look out for?#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost#post8f19b178b5#alcs

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: davidparkerLet me try this again - this time with the correct title!What would this community think about us holding a virtual User Group meeting for ChangeMan ZMF?What I have in mind is a 1to 1.5 half hour session held via WebEx and phone. The session would be technical, with the majority delivered by an experienced Serena mainframe consultant or developer, or even better, from one of our users.I would like to give this a try, hopefully in late November. But do let me know what you think. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.Best regards,David ParkerSerena SoftwarePosted 11/5/2007 7:15 PM jteelmsI think this is a great idea. We could do a session on ZMF Web services support, which would should how ZMF plays well in a Web 2.0 world.-- Teresa ElmsSerena SoftwarePosted 11/6/2007 1:37 PM davidparkerGood idea. I was also thinking about a session on the DB2 option, ocused on DB2 back binds. Anyone else?I am thinking we should h

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: bafanaIs this possible? Is there an exposed WSDL that I can point visual studio at?Posted 8/27/2007 2:15 PM jteelmsDid you ever get an answer to your question? Because I think the answer is yes, it can be done.ZMF 5.6.1 has a Web Services (SOAP) interface to the XML Services that will be documented for the first time in the Holyrood release. We've been testing it in our own cross-product integrations since ZMF 5.6.0, but we didn't want to open it up to the whole world until we'd shaken out the gotchas ourselves.What version of ZMF are you running?Posted 11/6/2007 6:50 PM montanahuckI am running ZMF 5.6.1. I am interested in invoking the ZMF web services from an ASP using VBScript, but can't find any documention on it? I think I know how to do the call, and I have tested an XML document that is well formed and will give me a correct response, but I can't figure out the address that I should be posting my XML to.I found the T

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: supportadminTopic: SDF II under ChangeMan (1 of 3), Read 128 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Carol Gaham Carol.Gaham@STIDELIVERS.COMDate: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 07:18 AMI am new to ChangeMan and need to bring SDF under ChangeMan control. I am looking for information on things to think about or look for as I work on this. ThanksTopic: SDF II under ChangeMan (2 of 3), Read 76 timesConf: ZMFFrom: John Roselius jroselius@amig.comDate: Monday, August 14, 2006 12:24 PMLike Carol, I am in the same situation. A new administrator with little experience needing to put SDF II under ChangeMan ZMF control. Any help will be appreciated.Topic: SDF II under ChangeMan (3 of 3), Read 69 timesConf: ZMFFrom: Dan McGowen dmcgowen@us.ibm.comDate: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:58 AMI have setup a process to integrate SDFII and ChangeMan. I involves some REXX, ISPF panels and skeletons, modifications to then DGILX** REXX in SDFII, an exit for the generate process

Question posted 5/16/08 by Bruce RoggeDetails:I'm working on eight different modules at the same time. It is frustrating to have to open each compile and rummage through it to figure out which module the compile is for. I already tried adding the skeleton symbol that is resolved to the module name,#jobcardcmpname#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post04c097de8e

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity ThompsonDetails: patclemsonIs anyone using version 5.3.x of Changeman ZMF with z/OS 1.9 successfully? We are currently running z/OS 1.7 and I know there was an issue with ISPF that was corrected with a PTF, but I don't know if z/OS 1.9 will have any issues.Thanks for any information.PatrickSystems ProgrammerClemson UniversityPosted 3/6/2008 10:32 AM#post25777aa608#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF

Discussion posted 3/28/08 by Serenity Thompson, last edited 7/27/09 by Dave SealeyDetails: steverkI had opened a case with Serena, wanting to be able to restrict the revert function to only QA , at the QA promotional environments. This would keep the application team from reverting a package when they have already turned it over to QA. Serena said they currently could not do this, but have an enhancement request in to create this functionality. Serena also said that certain companies already do this.Does anyone out there do this, that would like to help?Posted 11/29/2007 1:28 PM chgadmAccess to revert ChgMan pkgs in frozen status is controlled by a security entity. Take a look at your RACF or ACF2 etc. security setup for security entity "CMNREVRT", are there too many users defined to this rule? The security section of the ChgMan install guide can provide further details. CMNREVRT or CMNxREVR Revert packages to DEV statusGood luck.Posted 11/29/2007 3:23 PM tmavorOne clarificati

Question posted 4/18/09 by SATYASAI GDetails:Hi All,We are user of Changeman ZMF 5.6.X ERO,We have DEVL,TEST and PROD.When we try to check in components into DEVL changeman session getting termainted.This release has 5 packages , each package has 1000 more components.is this due to space issue of changeman package PDS/AREA PDS libraries?is there any one who can help us ? Thank yousatyasaigvvss@rediffmail.com #oldforumpost#postdada7fcee8#ChangeManZMF

Question posted 10/6/08 by Tony PDetails:We've had component version control issues in ChangeMan where prior versions of components in change packages are corrupt. This issue only seems to be affecting change packages that have not installed. For example, a new version is created in a change package every time a component is changed (place "VC" next to the component in the change package). However, the PROGRAM-ID at the top of some of the prior versions is a completely different component name and sometimes the prior versions begin with code from different components. If you page down, you eventually get to the correct PROGRAM-ID and the program begins. I can't find a pattern to why/how this scenario happens. Sometimes the version control works fine while other times different programs are in prior versions and/or the prior versions begin with code instead of the PROGRAM-ID. Has anyone experienced this issue or any other issues with ChangeMan version control in Dev or Frz cha

Question posted 9/24/09 by Lisa MastDetails:We are working on a project to support CICS applications which would be called as Web Services. The program CICS’s DFHLS2WS post processor is used to map the PLI program’s input and output structures into two XML members that would live in the HFS (or ZFS) file system. If Change Man would be supporting this, CM would need to create package-level HFS files just like it does for other entities. Then when a promote is done, the two XML files in the HFS package data sets would be copies to the staging level dataset in the HFS. CICS uses these two files (the WSBIND#oldforumpost#post12199cec0b#ChangeManZMF#SOA

Question posted 7/3/08 by Linda BrennanDetails:We are setting up a new system on an LPAR and changeman will not be on this.We are now looking at ways to manage change ie our proclibs and source libraries on this system. Currently we are looking at using changeman on our legacy (existing) system and C:D the changes across to new.These two systems will not be sharing DASD. I was wondering had anyone done anything like this before?Thanks,Linda #poste89de45bf5#remotesitesnonsharingofdasd#ChangeManZMF#oldforumpost

Question posted 12/9/08 by Anthony Dahlgren#oldforumpost#ChangeManZMF#post92a530f0a0