RE: Immediate PTF -- What's the point?

Tom,

Let's say that this PTF affects one of those system tasks at the bottom of 
WRKACTJOB like QSYSARB.  Granted, you could load a program, onto the 
system, that this calls at anytime.  However if the program is already 
loaded up into memory then it won't be used until the next time the 
job/task starts.  The "action" on this one might be to stop/start QSYSARB. 
 Perhaps the only way to do that is to IPL.

QSYSARB was just used as an example.

Then again, maybe the developer just didn't want to document the steps 
necessary to make it active.

Rob Berendt
-- 
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   7. Re: Immediate PTF -- What's the point? (rob)
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>While a ptf may be applied immediately often there will be some action 
>required.  Sometimes the action is drastic enough that you might as well 
>IPL.  Sample actions may include:
<snip>

When there's actually an "action" to perform, I have no problem. But in 
this specific case, the _only_ action needed was to IPL. I just can't see 
where this is in any significant way different from a PTF that's applied 
as delayed but before the IPL. I'd have preferred this PTF to be 
designated as 'Delayed' right at the start.


>Technically, it makes IBM look good if they can reduce the number of 
PTF's 
>that require an IPL to apply.

I'm feeling as if this is _THE_ answer.

When I remember the relief back at around R1.2 and R2.1 when cumes and 
pre-reqs started to come together (back before "V"ersion had much 
meaning), I always feel nervous when things seem to be slipping backwards.


Tom Liotta

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