Re: SNDPTFORD issues today

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it's *DIRECT



On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:21 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> CHGSRVCFG is *DIRECT, right?
> or
> GO SERVICE
> 18. Service Configuration menu
>
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   01/16/2014 12:44 PM
> Subject:        SNDPTFORD issues today
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>
> I started this in another thread in another forum, but it belongs here and
> deserves a thread of it's own.
>
> There's something really flaky going on with SNDPTFORD.
>
> Earlier today I did a SNDPTFORD SF99711 (the all groups one) and it seemed
> to run normally, though I thought I should have gotten more PTFs.
>
> There has been some confusion as to whether that PTF is truly up to date,
> so I though what the heck, I'll order each group individually and see if I
> get anything additional.
>
> So I submitted another job that orders each group individually.  This job
> starts with the hiper group and it failed.  So I did a SNDPTFORD PTFID
> SF98710 and it worked, though it was horrendously slow.
>
> So then I tried SNDPTFORD *HIPERGRP interactive from a command line. There
> were 199339 bytes to download and it stayed at 64% for over 5 minutes.
>  Speed went down to 1376bps.  Took 18 minutes and downloaded no PTFs.
>  Everything was either "already applied" or "already available on the
> system".
>
> So then I tried SNDPTFORD *DB2GRP interactive from a command line.  Said
> there were 172413 bytes but I never got anything.  I heard the /MODEM/
> screaming in the computer room.  We haven't done PTFs via modem in ages.
>  It isn't even connected to a wall jack anymore.
>
> Ran an errand, came back and did the SNDPTFORD PTFID SF98710 again and it
> worked again.  So I got brave and tried the SNDPTFORD *DB2GRP once more.
>  This time it worked, though it took xx minutes and was as slow as
> 2333bps.
>
>
> The other thing is I got an email from IBM this morning regarding PTFs
> with
> this link:
>
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/IBMElectronicSupport/entry/fix_central_updates_20140110?lnk=uctug_ibmesa_dctml_2014-01-10_fix_central_updates_20140110myn&lang=en
>
>
> which I think has come up here before regarding not being able to get
> certain PTFs if you don't have hardware service with IBM (which is another
> problem that will have to be addressed).
>
> Do you suppose that thousands of customers got this email and went into
> panic mode, ordering PTFs?  Overwhelming the system right now?
>
>
>
>
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