Re: Python has landed?

OK If you don't know what you're doing please do this on a test machine first. :-)

First understand that the HTTP group includes the JAVA group so that's the bulk of it's 'bulk'. So applying 'One PTF' (SF99713) will get you a lot of PTFs. A WHOLE LOT of PTFs. Simply applying that without any idea what you're doing could easily affect production stuff. If you haven't done an HTTP group in a year or more it will take some time too!

Just adding 5733OPS is pretty benign (and yes TIMMR please fix the text on the options!) but the PTFs could cause you grief. I'm not saying there are any issues with that group or that it has been problematic in the recent past, it has not been. But you will for example need an IPL for that one so do your homework first!

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On 7/6/2015 11:23 AM, John Yeung wrote:

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Keep in mind that I know absolutely nothing about Python.

And I know nothing about administering an IBM midrange.

SNDPTFORD SF99713

I presume you did this because in an earlier post you said

While dated I think I would follow this procedure:
Install 5733OPS.
Install (or reinstall) latest group ptf for http.
Search PTF cover letters (as you have already done)

and you're at the "group ptf for http" step.

And you included that step because of how you read this:

Updated December 17, 2014 by Timmr

Once you have obtained the new product, all future updates will be
delivered with the Latest HTTP PTF Group:

SF99368 - level 31 for IBM i 7.1
or PTFs 5733OPS: SI55499, 5733SC1: SI55522(i 7.1 only)
SF99713 - level 5 for IBM i 7.2
5733OPS: SI55499

Um, again, I must stress I am about as clueless as possible about
administration, and particularly PTFs and licensed programs, but...

I read that to mean SF99368 and SF99713 will include the "future
updates" to the new open source product (5733OPS). In other words, if
you update your SF99713 (for 7.2), then you don't have to futz with
5733OPS separately.

But as you are finding out, SF99713 is a much heavier-weight package
(about 4 GB) than just 5733OPS (for now, just Node.js and Python). As
it should be. (Well, it should be heavier, not sure if I really think
it should be 4 GB heavy.) The cover letter for SF99713 says this:

<blockquote>
SF99713: 720 IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Group Level: 9
Last Updated: 7/1/15
How to Display: WRKPTFGRP SF99713
Description: Description: IBM HTTP Server for i 7.2 PTF Group.
Includes:
- Web Administration GUI for IBM i, manage all your Web related
servers
- HTTP Server (powered by Apache 2.4)
- Net.Data
- IBM integrated Web application server
- IBM integrated Web services server
- IBM integrated Web services client for ILE
- IBM i Open Source Solutions
</blockquote>

Um, yeah, I don't really think all of that needs to be updated just to
get (or update) Node.js and Python.

Going to take a wee bit...
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I'll be sure not to mention that to my sysadmin, or he'll *never*
attempt the Python install. :P

John Y.