Aaron,
I'll second Jerry's thoughts. Once you do it a couple of times, it's a
piece of cake. Downloading straight to the system makes it even easier
if it's viable for you (and I'm sure it is in your case). Although we
have a T1, I still download them at home over cable (waaaayyyy faster)
and then FTP from a USB stick, load up an image catalog, and away you
go.
BTW... just saw Pete's email and he's nailed it.
Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 11/19/2009 9:15:56 AM >>>
<snip>
I am doing my best to bite my tongue, but I shouldn't need to apply
fixes to
my fix process so I can apply other fixes. IBM, your approach to
applying
updates to an IBM i is to complicated!!!!!!!! Doing my best not to
compare
it to the simplicity of applying updates to my Linux machines.
</snip>
Aaron,
I'll admit that I, too, once thought along these lines. But that was
before I became (among other things) the sys admin (that's a joke!) for
out System i and had to do it (and release upgrades) several times. But
it's pretty easy actually. Part of the "problem" is that IBM provides
so many options for downloading the PTF's. Once you decide on a method
for that, document it and stick to it - until you find a better way
(e.g., I changed mine when image catalogues came out).
Rob, I think, suggested/mentioned image catalogues and FTP. This is the
method that I use, even for individual fixes. This method is pretty
easy. Just tell IBM, when logging into Fix Central, that you want to
get the PTF(s) via FTP. They will then send you a notice with all of
the stuff you need to make the connect and download.
Never done Linux updates, but I bet I'd be cursing those **** Linux
geeks the first time I tried.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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