I use Download Director to save them locally and date the folder they're
saved to. I use that option so that I can have a single point in time for
ptf's on my dev boxes for one month and then install to prod boxes. I use
this manual ftp method instead of using SNDPTFORD to avoid getting my
patches out of sync between dev and prod. These are the steps I use,
they're copied to a text file and it takes me about 20-30 minutes (about
every 6 months) to go through all of my dev boxes concurrently. I then do
the same thing on my prod boxes the next month. Tabbed lines are action
items, not commands. I can send my commands to create the virtual optical
device, I've ran into issues where the virtual optical device was corrupted
somehow. It was easy to delete and recreate the device.
***************************************************************************************
CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DIR('/ptf') CRTDIR(*no)
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) FROMFILE('/ptf/C*****_1.bin')
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
F9 - change number - repeat
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) FROMFILE('/ptf/S*****01.BIN')
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
F9 - change number - repeat
LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DEV(optvrt01) OPTION(*LOAD)
WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(ptfcatalog)
F7 - to verify catalog "type=*PTF sort=*NO"
INSPTF LICPGM((*ALL)) DEV(OPTVRT01) INSTYP(*DLYALL)
DLTIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) KEEP(*NO)
***************************************************************************************
Good luck,
Bill Epperson Jr.
Systems Communications Analyst
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From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/15/2010 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Just downloaded a PTF group, but now what . . . ?
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Actually you could do the option 8, but tell it NOT to IPL. An
alternative is to run
INSPTF LICPGM((*ALL)) DEV(OPTVRT01) INSTYP(*DLYALL)
This will tell it to load them all and set them to apply at the next IPL.
I do that midday with production running on all 10 lpars. Minimizes
downtime versus waiting until the system is down to even start loading
them. Besides, if the load fails because you are missing some obscure
ptf, you have time to react.
Rob Berendt
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From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/15/2010 01:17 PM
Subject: Re: Just downloaded a PTF group, but now what . . . ?
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
There's some simple instructions in this thread
http://forums.systeminetwork.com/isnetforums/showthread.php?t=42568
And the image catalog just successfully mounted and verified.
Right this minute would probably not be the best time to actually
install it.
Thanks.
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