Re: Cumulative PTF w/o Technology Refresh

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt,

I agree with your partners request, I would make the same one.  That 
said, if you have seen no improvement, I suspect a different problem 
than PTFs.  Is this an LPAR box?  Was the LPAR profile changed to use 
the extra processor?  Is there a high limit on the processor that is 
less than (I think two based on your description) the number of 
processors you had before adding one?

Yes, you can apply the cumulative and then go back and apply the group 
for the TR later; But I highly suggest that in addition to the 
Cumulative you apply the following list of groups as well:
PTF Group             Text
SF99710               CUMULATIVE PTF PACKAGE C3037710
SF99709               GROUP HIPER
SF99708               GROUP SECURITY
SF99705               HARDWARE AND RELATED PTFS
SF99701               DB2 FOR IBM I
SF99627               7.1 ELECTRONIC SERVICES GROUP PTF
SF99572               JAVA
SF99368               IBM HTTP SERVER FOR I
SF99367               TCP/IP PTF
SF99366               PRINT PTFS
SF99362               BACKUP RECOVERY SOLUTIONS  (even if you don't use 
BRMS this is where all the save/restore PTFs are)
SF99145               PERFORMANCE TOOLS  (if you have them)

The TR is SF99707 TECHNOLOGY REFRESH

The HIPER, and Hardware ones are the ones I would find most important in 
this case, however if your taking the time to apply any Group you might 
just as well get the entire batch.    I'm not sure why you would not 
want the TR group as well, unless there is something in the cover letter 
that leads you to believe there is going to be a problem.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 5/15/2013 9:49 AM, Anderson, Kurt wrote:
> So we've been really bad about PTFs.  Our IBM BP is asking that we apply PTFs because after getting an additional core activated (from 1 to 2) we've noticed 0 improvement on the system.
> So we finally ordered a cumulative PTF and we're looking at applying it.   But then I thought, "What about technology refreshes?"  It doesn't appear that the cume comes with a TR on it.  Cume: C3037710
> http://www-912.ibm.com/systems/electronic/support/s_dir/sline003.nsf/PSP%20Number%20View/SF98035
>
> Are we safe to apply the Cume w/o a TR and then later investigate applying a Technology Refresh?
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt Anderson
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> CustomCall Data Systems, a division of Enghouse Systems Ltd
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