RE: PTF problem

Hi Mark -

The technical term for this situation is "hosed up."

SI33896 requires these 5 PTFs:

REQ LICENSED PTF/FIX LEVEL
TYPE PROGRAM REL NUMBER MIN/MAX OPTION
---- -------- --- ------- ------- ------
PRE 5722SS1 540 SI32426 NONE 0003
PRE 5722SS1 540 SI28309 NONE 0003
PRE 5722SS1 540 SI23544 00/00 0000
PRE 5722SS1 540 SI27064 00/00 0000
CO 5722SS1 540 SI33895 NONE 0003

SI33895 requires SI33896 and Supersedes SI31060.

SI32426 has 5 more dependencies.

First you need to get SI33895 loaded, nothing else will work until that
is done. In all likelihood you have a mixture of co-dependant PTFs in
various stages. First make sure that you are on the B side: Do DSPPTF
and verify that it says IPL source: ##MACH#B Then I would try doing
a GO PTF, take option 8 and use these options:

Device . . . . . . . . . *SERVICE Name, *SERVICE, *NONE



Automatic IPL . . . . . . N Y=Yes

N=No



Prompt for media . . . . 3 1=Single PTF volume set

2=Multiple PTF volume sets

3=Multiple volume sets and
*SERVICE

With any luck that will get all your co-dependants loaded and in a
consistent state. If you see any messages about damaged PTF's you will
need to fix those first and start over. If you don't have all the
required PFTs in save files on the system you'll probably have to track
down the latest cumulative PTF package and install that.

Using DSPPTF verify that all the PTFs with a status of "Not applied"
have an IPL Action of "Yes". If this is successful the next IPL should
apply your PTFs.


I *HIGHLY recommend installing PTFs in groups and packages rather than
trying to pick and choose individual PTFs to load and apply. That path
will only lead to grief.

Good Luck!

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist
Fiserv Midwest



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Allen [mailto:scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: PTF problem

Action pending . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Action required . . . . . . . . . . . : No

it's still only in the Save file, the LODPTF won;t work, and dang I
searched on special instructions but didn't see anything thanks for the
link, I'll take a look

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:52 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

DSPPTF LICPGM(5722SS1) SELECT(SI33895) What do you have for Action
pending . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Action required . . . . . . . . . . . :

See also "Special Instructions" at:

http://www-912.ibm.com/a_dir/as4ptf.nsf/a18db68aae4a7d81862566ba005d14
5c/d38d2a9f5b2fe7728625753800633611?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,si33895

Rob Berendt
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http://www.dekko.com





From:
Mark Allen <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
02/06/2009 11:26 AM
Subject:
Re: PTF problem
Sent by:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



APYPTF LICPGM(5722SS1) RLS(V5R4M0) DELAYED(*YES)

PTF 5722SS1-SI33896 V5R4M0 not applied. PTF 5722SS1-SI33895 V5R4M0
required.

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Pete Massiello
<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Mark,

Read the message carefully is it asking for SI31060 to be
Perm applied first? I have seen that before. The message will tell

you

that.

Also, have you tried doing a APYPTF *ALL *TEMP DELAY(*YES)
and

doing

an IPL and seeing if it will apply during an IPL?

Pete

Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Allen
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:53 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: PTF problem

I "inherited" this problem and for the life of me don't know how it
got

in

this state or how to fix it.


SI33896
Product ID/PTF ID . . . . . . . . . . : 5722SS1 SI33896
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : V5R4M0

On order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
PTF save file . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
PTF status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not applied
Latest superseding PTF . . . . . . . . : None
Status date/time . . . . . . . . . . . : 01/21/09 12:28:30
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Immediate

Try and apply it and it says it needs SI33895 It is in a save file
and when I try to apply SI33895 I get the msg that

it

needs SI31060 yet it's applied????

SI31060
Product ID/PTF ID . . . . . . . . . . : 5722SS1 SI31060
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : V5R4M0

On order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
PTF save file . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
PTF status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Temporarily applied
Latest superseding PTF . . . . . . . . : SI33895
Status date/time . . . . . . . . . . . : 05/23/08 01:04:01
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Immediate



What am I missing? I've looked/searched and not finding anything.

Thought

I'd ask here BEFORE I called IBM......
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