RE: Really behind on PTF's

I would certainly Perm apply all the Current PTFs before starting this
process. Then, if I was that far behind, I would just load the Cum CDs,
apply and boot, and then load the Hipers and Database groups to make sure
that I don't get that Link loader error. There might even be a PTF that has
to be applied before loading the cum to resolve that Link Loader issue, but
the cover letter would have those details inside.

Pete

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Really behind on PTF's

There was a discussion last September about a "link loader failure'.
There was
speculation of applying 'too many' PTFs, or enough were not PERM
applied. Does
that have any relevance here?

John McKee

Quoting ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

With a mess that bad, I would just order the most current cume, DB2,
Hipers, and other applicable groups, do 2 good backups, and load all the
most current cume/groups. Trying to sort through all the older stuff is
probably asking for trouble and confusion. The most current groups should
cover the machine pretty well.




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Our company just acquired another company and their AS/400. Very few
PTF's have been installed on the server as the company didn't have
anyone to take care of it. Their is a stack of discs that have been
mailed to them over the years (several from '05 and '07-'08).

The '08 set includes 6 discs in shrink wrap listed as OS/400
Cumulative PTFs V5R3M0 SF99530 - C7303530. There are also 3 built to
order discs with the company name on them. These 9 discs came
together in one envelope. Would this set from '08 included
everything that I need to get up to date (to that point) or will I
need to install the older discs first? If this doesn't include
everything, how would I go about ordering 3.5 years of updates?
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