RE: Long running backups to a 3590-B11 and GROUP PTF's

>I'll second Al on that about group ptf's. 

Me too....

In fact, I have set up a process that insures I order and apply these PTF
CUM's every month....

I have set up jobs in the base Job Scheduler that execute multiple SNDPTFORD
commands.

For example, to order the latest DB CUM package, I placed this command into
the OS/400 job scheduler via the 
ADDJOBSCDE command.

SNDPTFORD PTFID((SF99104)) DELIVERY(*ANY)

I've scheduled this command to run on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 3PM. I
get the CD by the end of the week, load it on my system *DELAY and it is
applied when I do my monthly IPL the following weekend... Now I never forget
to order these fixes.

My "tickler" for remembering to load them is receiving the 4 Airborne
packages that arrive in my office on the third Friday of every month....

I've set this up for all the Group PTF's I want to make sure I get
regularly. Currently I'm doing this for SF99104 (DB) SF99095 (HIPER) SF99076
(BU RECOVERY) and SF99024 (PERFORMANCE TOOL).

IBM even has a WWW page where you can review the status of the PTF ordered
via ECS:

http://service.boulder.ibm.com/order_status

Just enter your customer number and it will show you the status of every PTF
package you've ordered and you can even drill down to see the Airborne
shipping status. 

I just love it now that when I call SupportLine to report a problem I am
able to answer the first question out of the SupportLine personnel's
mouth... "Have you applied the latest PTF's ... blah blah blah?" ... with a
resounding, YES I HAVE! Then they are forced to actually help me figure out
the problem I'm having because I am on "current code".

Kenneth

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Kenneth E. Graap
IBM Certified Specialist
AS/400 Professional
Network Administrator
NW Natural (Gas Services)
keg@nwnatural.com
Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
FAX:    603-849-0591
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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen, Stuart [mailto:sallen@fellowes.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 8:46 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Long running backups to a 3590-B11
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