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Once you get current, keeping current isn't bad. Once a month I use Fix Central to download updates. Select "Groups, HIPERS, Cumes". When presented with the list of groups, click the first one after the Cume (should be HIPERs) and shift-click the last one in the list. For V5R3 that's 25 groups. Do the option to only download the PTFs that aren't already on the machine. I'm too lazy to mess with the CD image catalogs so I just do the above on each of our LPARs. Some things are downloaded multiple times (once for each LPAR) but in the end bandwidth is cheaper than my time. It also means I don't have to even think about the variances in LPPs on each LPAR; all LPARs get anything they could possibly need. Average d/l per LPAR varies but I'd say it'll run around 500-800MB/month/LPAR. If you've any kind of decent internet pipe it won't take that long. Average time/month/LPAR is 3-5 minutes; just long enough to sign on the Fix Central and do the selection. The d/l runs in the background and I ignore it. Unfortunately I can't do the above for Cumes. So once or twice a year I'll pull the CD images down once and FTP to all of the machines, create the image catalog, etc. It's a lot more hassle than the Groups but is still easier than handling physical media (one of our machines is 8 miles from me; the other is about 30 miles away). I don't worry much about the Cumes as most things that are likely to impact us will be included in the Groups. John A. Jones, CISSP Americas Information Security Officer Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782 john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 12:01 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: Re: Cume & Image Catalogs Actually, I think when you order the cume via FTP it also comes with the hiper and database group. Ordering that way also gets rid of the chicken and egg argument.
From the file ilstCUME.txt in my download:
Version Release PTF# Reason PTF Listed Status Product Mod Lvl -------- ----------------- --------------- ------- -------- MH00651 CO-REQ OF MH00681 Sup'd by MH00677 MH00666 CO-REQ OF MH00683 Sup'd by MH00677 MH00637 CO-REQ OF MH00674 Sup'd by MH00677 MF37730 ORDERED Sup'd by MF39573 ... SF99504 ORDERED <<< Shipped >>> SEL Lst V5R4M0 SF99539 ORDERED <<< Shipped >>> SEL Lst V5R4M0 ... Then I just load this image catalog all at once. I order all groups and put them into a different image catalog. I used to pick and choose applicable groups but now I just order them all for my version of OS. With multiple lpar's running different products and God knows how many times we add a product after we put on the cume and groups and now have to reinstall them. Having the latest already downloaded makes it really easy to reapply. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com "Buzz Fenner" <bfenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11/13/2006 12:29 PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To "Midrange Discussion" <Midrange-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Cume & Image Catalogs Because of habit, when loading cume & hiper volumes to image catalogs, I've always placed them into two separate image catalogs. That sort of dictated at install time, to process the hipers first, then process the cume and bounce the box. I've never tried the 'prompt for media' option when installing a PTF package, since I used two different image catalogs. Can the hiper volumes be added after the cume volumes on the same image catalog to smooth things along? Buzz Fenner Systems Analyst/Network Administrator City Water & Light 870.930.3374 mailto:bfenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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