Re: Applying TR5

This is interesting.

I have:

MF56173 applied permanently.
MF99005 applied permanently.
SF99707 level 4 installed.
SF99707 level 5 apply at next IPL.

Single LPAR, 1 processor.

Wonder what's going to happen when I IPL . . .

:)



On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:38 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the cover letter for MF99005, available at

www-912.ibm.com/a_dir/as4ptf.nsf/86acab6961d02f8386257707005030d2/efadb01fd36ef39d86257a61004ce8d9?OpenDocument

It mentions nothing about MF56173

It does say this:
Special Instructions

Please ensure that you have a SAVSYS before applying this PTF.

Permanently apply any temporarily applied LIC PTFs on your partition
before applying this PTF.

This PTF must be permanently applied.

BUT, as it has been pointed out to me, MF99005 is not TR5; SF99707 level

5

is. And if you look at the cover letter for SF99707 you'll see that
MF56173 is included with SF99707.

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/PDFPbyNum/SF99707/$File/SF99707.pdf

So, you need MF56173 applied before you apply MF56173?

Of course, MF56173 is a delayed PTF, designed to stop a hang during an
IPL. Of course, what's to stop the hang during the IPL applying MF56173?
Well, don't have any "previous failed system configuration change" is a
big start.

Probably it's a, "if you sneak by the hang on this IPL, then this PTF

will

prevent this type of hang on any future IPLs".


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From: Gregory Martin <mr.gamartin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 10/31/2012 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Applying TR5
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



We had an issue in installing TR5 as it hung during the IPL to apply the
PTF's. We call IBM and found out that we needed MF56173 to be applied
following the special instructions. Make sure you review MF56173
information before applying TR5.

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Greg Martin
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