GO LICPGM opt 50 produces the following (I set the date back to when I
received the machine):
Display History Log Contents
Apply PTF started.
Applying of PTFs for product 5722999 completed successfully.
Applying of PTFs for product 5722DG1 completed successfully.
Applying of PTFs for product 5722JV1 completed successfully.
Applying of PTFs completed.
PTFs applied or removed during IPL.
WRKPTFGRP produces the following list (even after the IPL):
PTF Group Level Status
SF99530 6178 Not installed
SF99503 18 Not installed
SF99314 11 Not installed
SF99298 22 Not installed
SF99272 3 Not installed
SF99269 18 Not installed
SF99173 1 Installed
SF99099 1 Installed
I dug into some of them and found PTF ID's that have a status of "Not
applied". Guessing that means I have some applying to do. Reviewing the
"Install cume PTF" docs here:
http://tinyurl.com/2rbau5. It says the
following for step #1: " Read the fix shipping information letter thoroughly
and follow the instructions contained in it."
Is this what the green screen considers a "Cover Letter"? Sounds like A LOT
of reading if I have to go through each of those cover letters for things
that are in a "Not applied" status. Basically the only thing that would
ruin my day on this machine would be if I couldn't compile and run RPG, and
also run Apache. Could I just skip step #1? :-)
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 7:47 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Applying Cumes
You are NOT up-to-date. That last image said your cume was TC06
something. That 06 indicates 2006. V5R3 is still supported, thus you
should have a cume from 2007.
Try WRKPTFGRP. Compare that with the results of
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.NSF/GroupPTFs?OpenView&Start=1&Count=3
0&Expand=2#2
and
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/2d3aff1c6b4d6ce086256453000d971e/9
6d6779a030c40d686257158000fee74?OpenDocument
The reason some MF* ptf's may not be supported on your system is the
difference between 535 and 530. 535 is pretty much hardware only and thus
means different MF* ptfs.
As another said, I order via Fix Central. I ftp directly to my i5 and cut
out the PC middle man by using a FTP script based on the email sent to me
from Fix Central.
See section II-B of
http://faq.midrange.com/data/cache/67.html
This script may take hours and hours to run. I warn our network people
not to muck with the network during that run. Still faster than ordering
on CD's though. Especially since IBM now tapes the CD's on the back of a
tortoise in Boulder and points it towards Indiana to get them shipped to
me. Not like when they used to ship them to you overnight.
Rob Berendt
midrange.com
