Appendix D. PSP ONLINE INITIALIZATION › D.3 Completing the Product Change Apply Job Successfully

D.3 Completing the Product Change Apply Job Successfully

To ensure that maintenance is applied completely and
correctly, PSP Online adds a job step to the apply job.  This
step creates a directory entry that updates the status
information maintained about product changes.

This extra step runs the MAAUDIT program for the product
change and creates an empty member, #cccnnnn, in the
sharedprefix.MICS.PSP.CNTL data set.

Each time you invoke PSP Online, the dialog checks the
PSP.CNTL library for the presence of member names in the form
#cccnnnn.  If any is found, PSP Online automatically updates
the status information on each corresponding product change
and then deletes the #cccnnnn member to indicate that the
status information has been updated.

When you submit a product change apply job through PSP
Online, product change status information is updated by the
following steps:

   1.  Wait for the apply job to run to completion.  Be sure
       to exit and re-enter the PSP Online dialog.  Changes
       are not recorded until the Product Support Program
      (PSP) option is re-entered.

       You will notice a slight pause followed by a display
       of the PSP Online main menu.  The status tables in PSP
       Online will now contain any updated information from
       previous apply jobs.

   2.  You can check the status of any product change from
       the Change Status dialog.  Also, if a previous apply
       job did not run successfully, you can reset (R) the
       change and resubmit it from the Apply Product Changes
       dialog.