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Kirk,Hmmmm....I followed your lead and did a display PTF and every one of the "downloaded" PTF's from Fix Central had either been superseded or permananently applied on our system. Here is what I see on the "Summary" page on fix central (which doesn't look that great as text):
---------------------------------------------------- Summary Download successful The Fix Central function has been completed.The fixes you ordered have been downloaded to your system. For information on how to apply the fixes see the "Load and apply information" section below.
The following information is a summary of the processed order. Return to Fix Central System Information System name: 10.0.20.215 Total size: 218.41 KB Elapsed Time: 5 Minutes 29 Seconds Requested PTFs PTF Status Product description MF37662 Downloaded Not available MF37878 Downloaded Not available MF37959 Downloaded Not available MF38074 Downloaded Not available MF38075 Downloaded Not available MF38183 Downloaded Not available SI21206 Downloaded Not available SI21298 Downloaded Not available SI22168 applied 5722SS1 SI21877 applied 5722SS1 SI21829 applied 5722SS1 SI21820 superseded 5722SS1 SI21810 superseded 5722SS1 SI21766 superseded 5722SS1 SI21677 applied 5722SS1 SI21669 applied 5722SS1 SI21662 superseded 5722SS1 SI21608 superseded 5722SS1 SI21601 superseded 5722SS1 SI21519 applied 5722SS1 SI21474 applied 5722SS1 SI21368 applied 5722SS1 SI21352 applied 5722WDS SI21350 applied 5722WDS SI21332 applied 5722SS1 SI21323 applied 5722SS1 SI21319 applied 5722SS1 SI21305 applied 5722SS1 SI21241 applied 5722SS1 SI19965 downloaded 5722RD1 MF38288 superseded 5722999 MF38260 applied 5722999 MF38241 superseded 5722999 MF38105 superseded 5722999 MF37695 applied 5722999 MF37661 applied 5722999 -------------------------------------------------I am not sure what that means. I thought Fix Central checked the status of the ordered PTF's on your box first, before ordering or downloading them. In this case the "Downloaded" ones were actually already present on the system in one form or another.
Now I am really confused! Pete kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I don't remember where for sure the PTFs go when you say download immediately, but I think they end up on the iSeries. Now if you only DL'd a couple of PTFs and you know the numbers, you could just do a DSPPTF and find them. then do a LODPTF and APYPTF as required after reviewing the cover letters. I have in the past done a DSPPTF to an outfile and then queried that file excluding statuses perm, temp, superceeded etc to get the a list of PTFs that need to be loaded and or applied. GO LICPGM option #50 might tell you something as might DSPLOG QHST around the time of the download.If you are brave you could just so a GO PTF option #8 and tell it the device is *SERVICE._____________________ Kirk Goins CCNA Systems Engineer, Manage Inc. IBM Certified i5 Solution Sales IBM Certified iSeries Solutions ExpertIBM Certified Designing IBM e-business Solutions Office 503-353-1721 x106 Cell 503-577-9519kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.manageinc.comEmail Response Times: Same Day Maybe, Next Day ProbablyPete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx07/26/2006 06:46 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To Midrange Mailing List <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Fixes from Fix CentralFix Central is a blessing and a curse. So far my involvement with Fix Central has been to order fixes and use FTP to pull the images down. This works well, when it does work. This last go-around I tried something different and I am not sure how to proceed.Fix Central gives you the option to order by FTP, mailed Media or download immediately. I downloaded immediately and the PTF's show "Downloaded". The link for "help" takes you to Management Central where you are instructed to use fixes inventory option to find and apply the PTF's. Taking the "Install Software Fixes" option ran through processing all fixes for all products. It first showed the status of "Available" and then went to a status of "No fixes to available to process".So, if the PTF's *were* downloaded (and Fix Central has been a little flaky lately) then where are the fixes and how do I load them? Unfortunately the help text in Fix Central appears to be no help at all.I am sure there must be documentation on how to do this somewhere. If I can find it, I'll RTFM.Pete
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