Re: OS/400 V6R1 Cumulative PTFs

Shannon

These are all available at Fix Central for download - I don't think you need to be on support, unless that has changed. I just tried it - I was able to set up an FTP download.

The main selection goes back to V5R4 or even V5R3, I think - there's also a dropdown on the right that goes back to V4Rx - this was discussed in a recent thread started by Jim Oberholtzer, as I recall.

HTH
Vern

On 11/13/2013 10:33 PM, Shannon O'Donnell wrote:

Hi,


I have a used 520 that I was able to migrate to V6R1 before the support on
it ran out, but we did not think to order the cumulative PTFs or the
HIPERS, and all the Group PTFs while we still could under maintenance. We
had ordered V6R1 and then let it sit around for more than a year, well after
maintenance was up, before we loaded it on that system.


We do not use this system very much anymore so there did not seem to be any
sense in paying $3K a year in maintenance for it at the time. Recently,
however, we wanted to test some software on it and realized that we need to
apply all the PTFs, HIPERS and all the Group PTFs to do so. I checked
with our BP and it would cost us just under $5K to put the system back on
maintenance with IBM and that includes the penalty fee IBM forces on you
(big blue jerks). That's an outrageous fee for something we will only use
sporadically.


So before I give up entirely on using this box, I wanted to ask if there is
anyone out here who has all the latest (wouldn't even necessarily need to be
the LATEST! As no ptfs were applied for V6R1) Cumulative PTFs, all the Group
PTFs and all the HIPERS laying around on DVD/CD somewhere and could loan
them to us.


I would be glad to pay a reasonable fee and of course pay for shipping both
ways so I could get them back to you when we are done loading them.


Can anyone help me with this or is this just too far out there of a request?


If you want, please feel free to contact me off-list.


Thanks!


Shannon O'Donnell