Re: change management for ptf's

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

Now that you're at V7 (if I remember correctly) you can use a single 
image catalog on one machine to apply to all of them.  No need to copy 
the files around anymore.  Is that not worth a tiny bit of overhead 
(which I might argue is no more than storing the save file in QGPL)

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 5/23/2012 7:43 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've never put an individual ptf in an image catalog entry.  That sounds
> like a lot of overhead.  But thanks.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 
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> Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems 
> Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 05/23/2012 08:40 
> AM Subject: Re: change management for ptf's Sent by: 
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Rob, To the best of my recollection, 
> there is no way to distinguish between a PTF that IBM is calling 
> "test" and one that was put out for general download. I think your 
> only record keeping method is a manual one. I tend to keep PTFs in 
> image catalogs separated by type: Groups/Cumulative Individual PTFs 
> Test PTFs That way the image catalog is helping me track which PTF is 
> which. I also tend to fill in the text on the Image catalog entry with 
> the reason for the individual PTF be it test or otherwise. Jim 
> Oberholtzer Chief Technical Architect Agile Technology Architects On 
> 5/23/2012 7:25 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >  I was recently taken to task on this list for not using proper change
> > >  management for PTF's, with the person believing it would help me with my
> > >  quest to find test ptf's and ensure that I do not permanently apply
> them.
> > >
> > >  What would the change management for that be?
> > >
> > >  We've used multiple change management systems for programs and that
> genre
> > >  but I'm not sure how they would handle PTF's.
> > >
> > >  And, when it comes down to the original problem, would they help me
> track
> > >  test ptf's?
> > >
> > >  I'm thinking of just adding any test ptf's to a calendar entry that I
> have
> > >  a few days before scheduled downtime.
> > >
> > >  Oh, and I can 'never' use APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) on any lpar running Domino
> > >  (8 out of 10).  Because if I have
> > >  Product ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   5733L85
> > >  PTF
> > >  ID       Status
> > >  L603893  Temporarily applied
> > >  FP68531  Permanently applied
> > >  where FP68531 is fix pack 1 for Domino 8.5.3 enabled for 6.1 and above,
> I
> > >  have to remove hotfix L603893 before applying fix pack 2.  Domino fix
> > >  packs do not superceed hot fixes.  Documented by IBM in steps to apply
> > >  Domino fix packs.
> > >
> > >
> > >  Rob Berendt
> > >  -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept
> > >  1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108
> > >  6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755http://www.dekko.com
> > >  -- 
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