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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - USS
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - z Systems Software
Product - z/OS
Component - General
Operating system - IBM z/OS
Source - None
Excellent idea. We have a separate PARMLIB data set where we put the BPXPRMxx members to be checked, but it is still a PARMLIB data set (ie, in the active PARMLIB concatenation). This causes audit, tracking and logistical control issues because we have to report on all PARMLIB changes... and when we have to iteratively do that just to syntax check a PARMLIB member, it's a discouragement to use the function. It's great that the function exists at all, but it would really be nice if one could specify a DSN= parameter on the command so that we could put the BPXPRMxx member(s) in a data set that is not part of the active (production!) PARMLIB concatenation.