Re: Setting up TCPIP on new i5

Jim/Vern,

I posted to WEB400 yesterday but I'll drop it here as well:

Bryan Dietz has a utility called GETiPTF (http://home.columbus.rr.com/jbmmdietz/getiptf.html) that does ALL the heavy lifting for you. I sent the order for the Cume and Groups for FTP download, got the email back with all the info on it then submitted GETiPTF and forgot about it (actually I got on a plane to go to the customers site). Next morning I got in, the image catalog was built, verified and ready to go. Last night I ran option 8 on the PTF menu and finished the process. My total "investment" in time: About 5 minutes.

(And, before folks wonder why I went to the customer if it could all be done so automatically, I had other maintenance to do, the update on the OS was "gravy")

This is the way it is supposed to work! I understand that Scott Klement is also including similar functionality in the next release of FTPAPI.

Pete Helgren

Jim Franz wrote:

Vernon,
Yes it was sndptford, and it was actually doing the download for at least 1 hour, clicking off the % complete. Doing it this way allows me to start & walk away. When download complete (and it has completed before within the hour), just opt 8 on ptf menu and done. Your right about more options in FC, but it is more steps, more "clicking".
jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vernon Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up TCPIP on new i5

Jim

Was this using SNDPTFORD?

I never use that now - rather, I always go to Fix Central and choose
only to use FTP download, then using the instructions they send to
FTP directly to the IFS. Then I put the images into an image catalog,
and bada-boom

Of course, this can take a lot of bandwidth, and one's network folks
might get upset if you do hours' long downloads in the middle of the
day. (rubs back of hand where slapped!) So there's a trade-off . But
at least with FC you can force the system not to mail the fixes.

HTH
Vern

At 10:16 PM 12/12/2007, you wrote:

Now I'm downloading my first set of PTFs.. should only take about 28 hours
for the download.. lol!

If this is a download direct to the i5, I've had it reach 1 hour and then
give me a msg indicating they are mailing the ptfs.
Jim Franz

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