Re: Where are my FixCentral downloads

[Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

My preferred method of PTFs since Rob enlightened me via this list;

1) SNDPTFORD for groups or individual fixes. Select images and a IFS folder
that has and image catalog attached.  Mine is called PTFCATALOG.
2) Wait for a couple of hours and the images magically show up in the IFS
folder named in step 1
3) Add the images to the catalog,
4) Go PTF and apply.

With this method I can start a download when I leave work, and they are
usually there in the morning.  Nice and easy when it all works right.  I
like that IBM has added some groups as key words so you can just name the
key word and get that group.

Jim




On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The usual process for FTP ordering is:
>
> 1.    Go to Fix Central and take the option for an FTP order of Cumes
> and Groups.
> 2.    Receive the email that ID's the FTP location, userid and password.
> 3.    Manually retrieve the .bin images
> 4.    Manually create the image catalog (maybe only once).
> 5.    Add the image catalog entries.
> 6.    Validate and mount the whole image into a virtual optical drive
> 7.    GO PTF and take option 8 to "Install program temporary fix package"
>
> Items 3 through 6 can be time consuming and require some human
> interaction.  That is what GetiPTF does for you.  You still have to
> order and you will still have to run option 8 but the work of retrieving
> the images, putting them in the image catalog and getting them ready to
> apply is done by GetiPTF.
>
> So your steps become:
> 1.    Go to Fix Central and take the option for an FTP order of Cumes
> and Groups.
> 2.    Receive the email that ID's the FTP location, userid and password.
> 3.   Use the email info and key it into GetiPTF
>      (Once GetiPTF is complete.  I usually run it overnight)
> 4. GO PTF and take option 8 to "Install program temporary fix package"
> (using the image catalog/virtual optical drive created by GetiPTF)
>
> Sure, it only eliminates four steps but it is those steps that you got
> hung up on and that is the most time consuming (and error prone for me).
>
> YMMV but it made it all very simple
>
> Pete
>
> Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > Does GetiPTF also know which PTFs I need or do I have to figure that out
> > also?
> >
> > It does sound simpler, for sure.
> >
> > Aaron Bartell
> > http://mowyourlawn.com
> > http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Make it easy on yourself next time.  Download Bryan Dietz's GetiPTF and
> > > then order your Cume by FTP.  GetiPTF will do all the downloading and
> > > image catalog work for you and then you just have to reference the image
> > > catalog when you apply.  Simple, easy, works like a charm.
> > >
> > > Find it here: http://home.roadrunner.com/~jbmmdietz/getiptf.html<http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Ejbmmdietz/getiptf.html>
> <http://home.roadrunner.com/%7Ejbmmdietz/getiptf.html>
> > > Pete
> > >
> > >
> > > Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > >
> > > > > If management central did not start, then you might check (in
> Navigator)
> > > > >
> > > >  My Connections ->(Your computer)->Network -> Servers -> TCP/IP ->
> > > > Management Central   and see if that server is started.
> > > >
> > > > That's actually where I went to try and start it to begin with.  I
> right
> > > > click and select Start, then it hangs for about 1 minute (assuming it
> is
> > > > trying to start) and then it returns control to me and the status is
> > > still
> > >
> > > > set to stopped.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > Aaron Bartell
> > > > http://mowyourlawn.com
> > > > http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > For V5R4 and before you don't have to be in restricted, but if you
> have
> > > > > multiple users, it is a good idea if you are going to restart
> > > immediately.
> > >
> > > > > If I am going to do a automatic IPL I do it off hours and with the
> > > system
> > >
> > > > > in
> > > > > restricted state.
> > > > >
> > > > > If management central did not start, then you might check (in
> Navigator)
> > > > >  My
> > > > > Connections ->(Your computer)->Network -> Servers -> TCP/IP ->
> > > Management
> > >
> > > > > Central   and see if that server is started.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jim
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