Re: V5r4 Upgrade, IPL required between Cume and Group PTF installs

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There are and have been before issues with blowing up the link loader if 
you do too many PTFs all at once. When that happens you need to slip the 
LIC which while not a huge deal isn't for the faint of heart and for 
that among other reasons is to be avoided. While there is logic in doing 
the group PTFs first since on average they will have more recent PTFs 
than the CUMe the instructions are best when followed!

On the old release.
APY all PTFs Perm. Extend Licensed Internal Code Space (IPL)
Set up the upgrade (IPL to start)
Load the CUME (IPL)
Load the remaining groups (IPL)
Yer on the new release.

So A minimum of four IPLs are required to get from the old release to 
the new one  Compared to WinDOHs this is still a bargain!

 - Larry


Wilt, Charles wrote:
> All,
>
> Normally, when installing cume and group PTFs, I install the group PTFs
> first followed by the cume PTFs.
>
> However, the v5r4 upgrade instructions seem to be pretty clear to
> install the cume PTFs prior to installing group PTFs.
>
> My question is, do you need to do the automatic IPL for the cume PTFs to
> be applied (and wait for INZSYS to complete) before installing the group
> PTFs?
>
> I don't remember how I did the v5r3 upgrade <grin>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles Wilt
> --
> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> ph: 513-573-4343
> fax: 513-398-1121
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