×
The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.
We recently installed the latest Cume, DB and HIPERs on both a 520(Power5) and a 550(Power6). The PTF application IPL took about 20 minutes on both, with the actual PTF part being 4 minutes on the 550 and 11 minutes on the 520.
Image catalogs are your friend. If you are not using them you are doing both you and your employer a disservice. Seriously.
Your system backups should be part of your overall backup strategy, not your maintenance strategy. If you feel that you need an additional backup after applying PTFs an Option 22 will work just fine, why backup all of your data two extra times? Not to mention that ad hoc backups will just complicate your DR plan.
Regards,
Â
Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist
Midwest Region Data Center
Fiserv.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Adams [mailto:Jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:15 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Cume PTF
We have a 520, which came in with V5R3 and is now at V5R4. My policy is to install each CUME as it comes out, and any groups which have been updated since the last CUME. I follow the recommendations by doing a full system (21) both before and after the PTFs are applied. We are not a 24x7 shop like you are so I apply the CUME and Groups on a Saturday; I schedule eight [8] hours for the whole thing so it is no trivial matter for a shop like yours.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. - Senator S.I. Hayakawa (California)
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact
[javascript protected email address].
Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.
midrange.com
