Re: change management for ptf's

Jim,
I order the latest cume and all latest groups to one image catalog.
Then go through all "recommended ptf's" from that site, combine that with
what ptf's are missing or extra from each lpar (as shown by iNav) and put
that into another image catalog.
I can still do the 7.1 cool thing but I still don't order ptf's
individually into their own image catalog.


Rob Berendt
-- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 05/23/2012 08:57 AM Subject: Re: change management for ptf's Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Rob, Now that you're at V7 (if I remember correctly) you can use a single image catalog on one machine to apply to all of them. No need to copy the files around anymore. Is that not worth a tiny bit of overhead (which I might argue is no more than storing the save file in QGPL) Jim Oberholtzer Chief Technical Architect Agile Technology Architects On 5/23/2012 7:43 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I've never put an individual ptf in an image catalog entry. That sounds
> like a lot of overhead. But thanks.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept
> 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108
> 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755http://www.dekko.com From: Jim
> Oberholtzer<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems
> Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 05/23/2012 08:40
> AM Subject: Re: change management for ptf's Sent by:
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Rob, To the best of my recollection,
> there is no way to distinguish between a PTF that IBM is calling
> "test" and one that was put out for general download. I think your
> only record keeping method is a manual one. I tend to keep PTFs in
> image catalogs separated by type: Groups/Cumulative Individual PTFs
> Test PTFs That way the image catalog is helping me track which PTF is
> which. I also tend to fill in the text on the Image catalog entry with
> the reason for the individual PTF be it test or otherwise. Jim
> Oberholtzer Chief Technical Architect Agile Technology Architects On
> 5/23/2012 7:25 AM,rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> > I was recently taken to task on this list for not using proper

change

>> > management for PTF's, with the person believing it would help me

with my

>> > quest to find test ptf's and ensure that I do not permanently apply

> them.

>> >
>> > What would the change management for that be?
>> >
>> > We've used multiple change management systems for programs and that

> genre

>> > but I'm not sure how they would handle PTF's.
>> >
>> > And, when it comes down to the original problem, would they help me

> track

>> > test ptf's?
>> >
>> > I'm thinking of just adding any test ptf's to a calendar entry that

I

> have

>> > a few days before scheduled downtime.
>> >
>> > Oh, and I can 'never' use APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) on any lpar running

Domino

>> > (8 out of 10). Because if I have
>> > Product ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 5733L85
>> > PTF
>> > ID Status
>> > L603893 Temporarily applied
>> > FP68531 Permanently applied
>> > where FP68531 is fix pack 1 for Domino 8.5.3 enabled for 6.1 and

above,

> I

>> > have to remove hotfix L603893 before applying fix pack 2. Domino

fix

>> > packs do not superceed hot fixes. Documented by IBM in steps to

apply

>> > Domino fix packs.
>> >
>> >
>> > Rob Berendt
>> > -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept
>> > 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108
>> > 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755http://www.dekko.com
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