Re: PTF SF99092

[Dave Shaw <dshaw1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Graap Ken <keg@gasco.gasco.com>


>Hello -
>
>I have made it a practice to stay relatively current with PTF's on the
>AS/400's I manage.
>
>I subscribe to Alert/400 and usually apply the latest CUM tape within a
>month of it's release.
>
>I also apply all the relevant HIPER PTF's as they are released by
>downloading them via ECS and loading them from save files.
>
>I've recently come across a "CUM" PTF though that looks interesting. It is
>referred to as SF99092...
>
>    SF99092 - Ordering this PTF number will result in the shipment
>                   of a CD-ROM containing Hipers that are NOT included in
>                   most current cumulative PTF package.  SF99092 will be
>                   refreshed on Tuesday of each week.
>
>Does anyone regularly order and apply HIPER PTF's via SF99092?
>
>Would this weekly CD replace the need for ordering HIPER PTF's via ECS?
>
>Would it even replace the need for reviewing Alert/400's weekly FAX?
>
>It looks like it might.... Any comments?

That's what I do now (since going to V4R2 last September).  Works well for
me - seems to fix a WHOLE lot more issues than it causes.  The cover letters
are supposed to be on the CD as well, although I haven't actually looked.  I
also recommend regularly getting the other group PTF packages relevant to
you - I do that monthly.  Get the cover letter for Information APAR
II10982 - it has the list of group PTF's for each release.

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Dave Shaw, General Nutrition, Greenville, SC (just down the road from BMW -
Bubba Makes Wheels :)
The opinions expressed may not be my employer's unless I'm sufficiently
persuasive...


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