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RE: SNDPTFORD SF99711 taking excessively long, unneeded secondary languages being downloaded, fixed by CHKPTF *NO to *YES

I believe Fix Central has similar options. I'd be interested in the times for both if anyone has them.

Just for S&G, I'm doing a fix central order for SF99711.
Well, sitting on "Download fixes to my system" Loading for 30 minutes now.

SNDPTFORD Pros,
1) Automate
2) Only get PTFs needed for that LPAR, (why would you want all the same PTFs for other LPARs If not needed on that LPAR
3) Cover letters included
4) From *SAVF format, No extra steps for image catalog, ready for option 8

SNDPFTORD Cons,
1) Can't think of any

Fix Central Pros
1) Not seeing any

Fix Central Cons
1) No automation
2) Lengthy order process
3) More potential order and download issues.

I'd be interested in feedback, as of now SNDPTFORD wins hands down every time.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Dietz
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 10:22 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: SNDPTFORD SF99711 taking excessively long, unneeded secondary languages being downloaded, fixed by CHKPTF *NO to *YES


If this is the case then I think that ordering for FTP download from Fix Central is the way to go.
You for sure will get what you need for pretty much any given LPAR.

Bryan



DrFranken wrote on 1/30/2015 10:04 AM:
Note that this parm is gold for you if you are doing one partition as
it tells IBM that you only want PTFs for stuff (and languages) YOU
have installed on the requesting partition. This could save you hours
:-)

IF you intend to distribute these PTFs to other systems that may not
have the same product load this will be a problem.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com
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