Named PTF's - was CPF324A -- MIDRANGE-L

On that note:  Did you ever hear about the "gamma-ray" PTF?

This may be stuff of urban legend, but I heard about it in the mid-90's, I
believe...

Apparently some AS/400 customers were having intermittent problems with
their systems crashing.  After investigation, it was found that if the
system was located above a certain elevation, gamma rays would zap memory
bits between refresh cycles, causing the system to go down.

The  fix was a PTF that caused memory refresh to occur more frequently

Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: CPF324A


> Bill,
>
> Glad you found a resolution.  On the PTF thing, I would generally do a
> search for whatever key words seem appropriate in both the APAR and the
> PTF databases.
>
> Searching for the MSGID in the APAR database came up with this old entry
> for V2R2 and V2R3 (see below).  It seems appropriate and may point to the
> underlying issue for your problem.
>
> Sometimes, particularly in the early part of a release, you get to be the
> first.  The good news is they might name the PTF after you.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
> Error Description
> An attempt to use CRTDUPOBJ on a logical file that fails with
> msgCPF324A reason code 1, file was requested to be created in
> user asp 1 but the dependant file is in user asp 2, invalidly
> places an entry in the cross reference dependancy file QADBFDEP.
> The logical is not actually duplicated due to the error but is
> put into the dependancy file as if it were duplicated.
>
> Problem Summary
> An attempt to use CRTDUPOBJ on a logical file that fails with
> msgCPF324A reason code 1, file was requested to be created in
> user asp 1 but the dependent file is in user asp 2, invalidly
> places an entry in the cross reference dependency file QADBFDEP.
> The logical is not actually duplicated due to the error but an
> entry is placed in the dependency file as if it were created.
>
> CRTLF with physical file(s) in different ASPs can also cause the
> same error (and resulting incorrect entry in QADBFDEP).
>
> Problem Conclusion
> The invalid entry in QADBFDEP will be removed after the CPF324A
> reason code 1 error is detected.
>
>
> > admin@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Bill
> > Subject: Re: CPF324A
> >
> > Andy Nolen-Parkhouse wrote:
> > > If you've double-checked all your stuff and it still fails, I would
> > > suggest looking at PTF's.  Sometimes, if it seems that the system is
> > > broken, the system is broken.
> > >
> > > How does a 'create logical file' fare under the same circumstances?
> >
> > Andy,
> > You're thinking along my lines.  I just tried it, same result CPF324A.
> >
> > If CPF324A doesn't show up when I do a web search, what would be the
> > best
> > way to look at PTF's?
> >
> > Bill
>
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