Re: Time for cume PTFs

I am presently engaged in a Cisc to Risc upgrade from a 3.2 machine to v4r5
and was advised to get latest cume on.  There was also a ptf that had to do
with the rare possibility of a disk problem.  I am not at the customer site
now but you should see it in the PSP.
----- Original Message -----
From: <D.BALE@handleman.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:30 PM
Subject: Time for cume PTFs


> As promised yesterday with the resolution of our serial number fiasco,
moving
> on to my next topic:
>
> I've ordered cume PTFs (SF99vrm) for the V3R2 & V3R7 boxes, which were
last
> cume'd in '97 & '98.  (How this shop made it through Y2K, I'll never
know.)
> It's been several years since I've had to work with PTFs.  I have also
> downloaded the PSPs (SF98vrm) and am running through those as well.
>
> Through this mailing list, I am aware of the "group" PTFs (database, Y2K,
> others?)  Is there a reason why these aren't on the cume PTF?  (Maybe that
was
> a bad assumption - Are the group PTFs on the cume?)
>
> Can the cume and group PTFs all be applied in one shot?  Can it be done in
one
> weekend?
>
> Since V3R2 is a dead-end, does it make any sense at this point to even
apply
> the cume for that?  Eventually, that CISC box will be traded in for (o.k.,
> replaced by) a V4R5 or higher RISC box.  Given that, aren't we just saving
> *ALLUSR from the V3R2 box and restoring to the new box.  Or is there a
minimum
> cume level we need to be at to be able to do that?
>
> Other advice on applying cume & group PTFs are welcome.
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>   Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>   (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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