Re: TCP/IP PTF Level

Hi Darell,

When I run WRKPTFGRP, it doesn't just show me the names of the PTF groups, but it also shows me the _level_. Don't you have that on your screen as well? I'm surprised to find it's not in your e-mail. Perhaps you just omitted it?

Mine looks like this:

Opt PTF Group Level Status
SF99540 9321 Installed
SF99539 125 Installed
SF99538 14 Installed
SF99504 25 Installed
SF99347 39 Installed
SF99315 13 Installed
SF99291 23 Installed
SF99114 22 Installed

For the CUM PTF (SF99540) the level is the last digit of the year, followed by a 3-digit number that means the day of the year. So in my example, above, it's 9321, that means the 321st day of 2009.

The identifier C0117540 contains the same piece of information.
Let's insert some dashes to separate the fields in the PTF identifier: C-0-117-540.

C = CUM
0 = 2010
117 = 117th day of 2010
540 = The release of the OS

So if my old one was 9321 and the new one is 0117, then my CUM level is 161 days behind the current release (or approx 5 months)

The other PTFs (the group PTF numbers) are simple numbers that just increment with every new group released. So for TCP/IP (SF99315), I'm at group level 13. the current group number (from following one of Rob's links) is level 15. So I'm two group levels behind, and I should update. But I'll update my CUM first, since that might update the group as well... and only after installing the latest CUM will I update the group PTFs.

hope that helps.

P.S. thanks for reminding me to check my PTF levels :)


On 10/21/2010 11:44 AM, Darell Wheeler wrote:

Thank you for guiding me Rob.

My system is at V5R4 and when I do WRKPTFGRP I get the following screen:

PTF Group Text
SF99540 CUMULATIVE PTF PACKAGE C9104540
SF99539 GROUP HIPER
SF99504 DB2 FOR SYSTEM I
SF99315 TCP/IP GROUP PTF
SF99291 JAVA
SF99186 BACKUP RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
SF99143 PERFORMANCE TOOLS
SF99114 IBM HTTP SERVER FOR I

When I go to the link suggested by you to check the current V5R4 Cum,it shows :

The latest cumulative package for i 5.4 and i 5.4.5 is: C0117540.

Also when I view the PSP for SF99315(TCP/IP Group PTF),I see a bunch of PTF Numbers

From here ,how do I make out how far behind the current level my system is on TCP/IP PTF?Also do I need to take option 5 against

SF99315 TCP/IP GROUP PTF
on my system and compare each PTF Numbers with the ones which are in PSP for SF99315 and install the ones which are missing?

Pls advice

Thanks again for your guidance

Darell



--- On Thu, 21/10/10, rob@xxxxxxxxx<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: rob@xxxxxxxxx<rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: TCP/IP PTF Level
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, 21 October, 2010, 12:52 PM


Let's start with this question: How do I tell what the recommended ptf's
for TCP/IP are?
First, make sure you are running the latest "cume" and appropriate "group"
ptfs. You can view/order these via Fix Central for supported versions of
the operating system at:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/main/System+i
If you just want to view them you can try:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.NSF/GroupPTFs?OpenView&view=GroupPTFs
See also the appropriate SF98vrm (example SF98710) at
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/ALLPSPBYREL
This will tell you the current cume level.

Now, there may be additional recommended ptf's for various products. You
can look for them at:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/recommendedfixes

You can also search ptf cover letters at
http://www-912.ibm.com/a_dir/as4ptf.nsf/as4ptfhome
For example, if I search for 5770TC1 in just the 7.1 ptfs I will get about
20 hits.

Does that help?

You can search your ptf's by starting out with WRKPTFGRP. I am assuming
that you are on some supported version of the operating system. This
command has changed over the years. It's rather new and the first release
of the os that supported it did not show the cume. After using this for
groups and the cume I would then suggest
DSPPTF OUTPUT(*PRINT)
I find this easier to scan for individual ptf numbers without having to
know if SI12345 is for TC1, SS1, etc.

Does this help?


Rob Berendt