Re: Order of PTFs at release upgrade

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Hi Scott,

Thanks for your advice.
I followed it and I'm here to tell the tale.

Much appreciated!
Best regards,
Moe

Ingvaldson, Scott wrote:
> Hi Moe -
>
> It's been a long time since I did a V5R3 upgrade, but in at least one
> case I did do an upgrade from V5R1 straight to V5R3.  I don't remember
> any special instructions for that release, but in MOST cases it is
> safest after an upgrade to load the Cume (including DB and HIPERS)
> immediately after the upgrade, while still IPLed to the A side.  Then
> IPL to the B side to apply those, allow INZSYS to complete, load the
> rest of your group PTFs and IPL to the B side again.  You can put the
> Cume, DB and HIPERS in one image catalog, and the rest of your groups in
> another.
>
> This may take you an extra hour to do, but (IMHO) it's the safest way,
> and if you do the upgrade from an image catalog you'll more than make up
> the time there.  You PROBABLY could load and apply all the other groups
> with the Cume, but why take the chance?
>
> I remember one special case, but I don't remember the release, where
> there where two MF PTFs that needed to be applied before the Cume.  This
> was clearly spelled out in the Software Installation manual and the Memo
> to users.
>
> Regards,
>  
> Scott Ingvaldson
> System i Administrator
> GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company