Re: Y2K Group PTF Potential Problem -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks much for clearing this up.  I'll redo the older systems next week.

Thanks again,

Ray

bvining@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

> Ray,
>
> Don't feel alone in your confusion.  Quite a few others have also been
> confused on the CDs; and service has been recently asked to not combine
> Cums, Groups, and Hipers in the same internal order.  You can still order
> them all at one time but service will enter it as 3 separate orders.
> The problem, as you discovered, is if you order different PTF packages
> at the same time then the labels are grouped together.  Though you
> really had two distinct PTF orders (2 CDs for Y2K and 2 for the Cum)
> the labels implied a set of 4.  An order made today should not result
> in the difficult to understand "set of 4".
>
> I am guessing (I'm sure there's some way to track what B7520295 contained
> but I'm more Y2K than service and so don't know how right off) that the
> Y2K PTFs were the first two CDs (the label having SF99200 implies that
> as SF99200 is the RISC Y2K Group), the latest Cum the last 2 CDs, and
> the TCP fix was either already integrated into the Y2K or Cum (or both),
> or the TCP fix was on the first CD.
>
> If you only applied the 2nd (of 4) CDs to the V4R2 and V4R3 systems then
> I suspect you are missing some of the Y2K PTFs and need to use the
> CD labeled 1 of 4.  Your V4R4 system should have everything (relevant to
> V4R4) as all four CDs were used.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Bruce
>
> >
> >Now I am confused, and am not sure what I have on my PTF CD's.
> >
> >We were having a TCP problem on a v4r4 system.  Support identified some
> >ptf's that we needed to order and asked us to also load the latest cum.
> >They offered to place the order for me(nice, thanks).  I asked if I
> >could add my y2k ptf order as well.  And they did.  The date of the
> >order is 12/06/1999.  Order #B7520295.
> >
> >The cd's I received are each labeled "Group PTF #: SF99200".   The Srv
> >Req:  line on each CD is:  CD 001 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series
> >                           CD 002 of 004  Srv Req: Y2K PTFs-370,410,420,
> >430,440 SF90200-PTFs through 11/18/1999
> >                           CD 003 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series
> >                                          V4 IBM Cumulative PTF Package
> >                           CD 004 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series
> >                                          V4 IBM Cumulative PTF Package
> >
> >I took this to mean that CD 1 was my TCP fix, CD 2 was my y2k fixes, and
> >CD's 3 + 4 were my v4r4 cum CD's.  Now, based on your post, I'm not so
> >sure. It seems one of two scenarios has happened:  1)  That first CD
> >contains my TCP fixes only and I received only part of the y2k fixes
> >or, 2) that first CD contains my TCP fixes and part of the y2k group,
> >which didn't get installed on some of my AS/400's..
> >
> >I've applied all four CD's to our v4r4 systems.  I applied only the y2k
> >cd to our v4r2 and v4r3 systems. Did I miss some y2k ptf's on the v4r2,
> >v4r3 systems?  Would all of the y2k ptfs have been included in the v4r4
> >since I used all 4 CD's?
> >
> >I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have!
> >
> >Ray
> >
>
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Ray Peterson
WITC - Shell Lake
505 Pine Ridge Drive
Shell Lake  WI  54871
www.witc.tec.wi.us
715 468-2815


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