RE: Applying Cumes

Aaron,

Item 1 of 4:
It's been awhile since I've used Op's Console. Pretty gung ho on HMC now.
Anyway, I think the password for Op's Console is the same as STRSST. Try
using the command STRSST and getting into that. If you hosed that up also
then see this:
Sign on at a workstation using the QSECOFR OS/400 user profile.
On a command line, type CHGDSTPWD (Change IBM Service Tools Password).
Then press F4 (Do not press Enter.).You see the Change IBM Service Tools
Password (CHGDSTPWD) display:
at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/rzamh/rzamhrecover.htm#rzamhrecover

Item 2 of 4:
No, the cume does NOT encompass all of the group ptf's. Cumes come out
much less often than group ptf's. And, even if a particular group has
been out older than a cume, installing that cume will NOT update that
group.

Item 3 of 4:
re that image. I can't really tie those file names to a particular group
and/or cume. Then again, I always use ftp and not download director.

Item 4 of 4:
What is the current cume for V5R3? See this:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/2d3aff1c6b4d6ce086256453000d971e/96d6779a030c40d686257158000fee74?OpenDocument
As of this morning you should see 7303 in WRKPTFGRP for SF99530. I
stripped that out of:
- The latest cumulative package for Version 5 Release 3.0 is: C7303530


Rob Berendt