The IBM® convention for the
SYSMOD ID of a service SYSMOD (APAR, APAR fix, PTF) or USERMOD is
tannnnn,
where:
- t
- identifies the type of SYSMOD. It is a single alphanumeric character.
These are the values used by IBM:
- A–K
- Used by IBM for various
levels of an APAR fix
- L–T
- Available for users
- U
- Used by IBM for PTFs
- V–Z
- Used by IBM for various
levels of an APAR fix
- a
- is any alphabetic character (A-Z). Any valid character can be
used for user SYSMODs.
- nnnnn
- is an additional identifier for the SYSMOD. For PTFs and APAR
fixes supplied by IBM, it is
a number from 00001 to 99999. Any valid characters can be used for
user SYSMODs.