Re: V7R1 PTF's - If you're doing them: READ THIS

Well I asked them (IBM) if there was a PTF to omit, a defective PTF or what was the deal. They could not point to a specific PTF as being 'the issue' but said that this 'fixing PTF' provides some 'under the covers stuff' that prevents the IPL hang at the PTF apply step.

I suspect that a note in the cover-letter for some of the groups, "real soon now." :-)

IBM's recommendation on when to apply this guy was "Before you start PTF menu option 8." Since it is an immediate apply PTF (and isn't very large either) this should be pretty easy to honor. In my case the partition that hung is used ONLY for PTF testing and install media creation so I applied it as soon as I shut down the partition and re-IPLed. After that the PTF's completed their apply on the next IPL.

- Larry



On 2/25/2011 9:01 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

Hi Larry,

Any clue as to what the problem PTF was?

I know of a company that just applied the Print PTF Group and TCP/IP
PTF Group along with some miscellaneous Print PTFs for delayed apply
during an IPL this weekend...

Charles

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:31 PM, DrFranken<midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is an isssssue with IBM i 7.1 current PTFs. The specific problem
has not be revealed however the symptom is that during the IPL to apply
them the system will stop at C900 2967, 'forever'.

To avoid such a 'forever' stoppage you must download, load, and apply
IMMEDIATE, PTF SI42712.

This PTF is NOT on a Cume or HIPER at this time.

The APAR Error report is innocent enough:

-----------------------------------------------
Changes made for internal product maintenance.

CORRECTION FOR APAR SE46894 :
-----------------------------
Changes complete.


- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis


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