Re: Another Bad BP story

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'll have to look for that when I get a few minutes of spare time (ain't 
gonna happen soon lol) but the verification tool was very light weight, 
small footprint and web-based which imo is a better option than *anything* 
in navigator (which is where I'm assuming that functionality might be)

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:   Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   04/07/2011 07:29 AM
Subject:        Re: Another Bad BP story
Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Tommy, I think there is something to this using service agent that will
check your system against PTF's that are available and will automatically
get them and apply them as necessary.

There used to be a piece in ISERIES ACCESS where you could do a ptf 
compare
as well.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:12 AM, <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> I wish they had a tool like the "Pre-upgrade certification tool" for
> PTFs...  would make it much easier if would "interrogate" the system and
> then check Fix central for new PTFs that aren't applied.  Similar to the
> way that Installation Manager checks for updates to RDp, etc.  (slightly
> off-topic I guess)
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
>
> From:   "Musselman, Paul" <pmusselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   04/06/2011 05:13 PM
> Subject:        RE: Another Bad BP story
> Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> This is the starting point:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/
>
> You need to have an account (of course).
>
> And then the fun begins.  I've never liked their site; it always seems 
to
> fight me.  I'm expecting something like the iSeries FixCentral, and it's
> not.  It's closer to a PC-software vendor's site, but as designed by 
IBM.
> Paul E Musselman
>
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