Re: Cumulative PTF package downloaded

[Mark.Bazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I just completed the cume PTF install and it took only 45 minutes! Not 
even close to previous installs. It's the first time I did it on a Power 6 
box, so I can only attribute part of the time gain to the image catalog 
process.

Mark Bazer
Director, Information Systems
Dyno Merchandise
954-971-2910 ext. 202




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Wow... I didn't even know you could order a CUM for download with 
SNDPTFORD.

I always go to IBM's web page, place the PTF order there, and it puts 
the PTFs on their FTP server, and sends me an e-mail when they're ready. 
  Then I download the PTFs to my IFS, add them into image catalogs and 
apply them.  (I actually wrote custom software to get/download the 
images and load them into an image catalog...  it's really convenient, 
since the download tends to run for a long time... my custom software 
detects network errors and resumes teh file transfer where it left off, 
and other stuff.  But... anyway...)

I guess we're doing two different things -- so my answer doesn't apply...


Mark.Bazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I did it with the SNDPTFORD command -- then the files were downloaded. 
> I'll have to do more checking.
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> Mark Bazer
> Director, Information Systems
> Dyno Merchandise
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> Hmmm... not sure how you're going about this, so maybe I'm talking about 

> the wrong thing.  But, I typically order PTFs and then download them to 
> the IFS using FTP.
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> In the directory where the PTFs live on IBM's site, there's a file named 

> ftpXXXXXXX.txt  (the XXXXXX changes from order to order).  That file 
> will list the .bin files you need to download as well as their sizes in 
> bytes.
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> so you can do the download, then read that file to make sure you got 
> everything, and that all of your files are completely downloaded (i.e. 
> the byte counts match.)
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> HTH
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> Mark.Bazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > There are two text files included in the download. They include a list 
> of 
> > the PTFs in the package and instructions to follow,  but neither 
> includes 
> > a list of the .bin files that were downloaded. 
> >
> > We received nine "CUMC....bin" files and four "CUMS...bin" files -- but 

> I 
> > would be more comfortable verifying this against a list of what should 
> be 
> > there.
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> > Mark Bazer
> > Director, Information Systems
> > Dyno Merchandise
> > 954-971-2910 ext. 202
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> > Part of the download should have included such a list, as well as 
> > instructions on installing the PTF's (Cume).  I forget the names, but 
> they 
> > are simple txt files.
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> > Jerry C. Adams
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> > For the first time I have received a cumulative PTF package downloaded 
> > directly to the IFS. Is there a reference where I can check the files 
> > received against a list of what should be there so I know that nothing 
> is 
> > missing?
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> > Mark Bazer
> > Director, Information Systems
> > Dyno Merchandise
> > 954-971-2910 ext. 202