RE: V7R2 media -- MIDRANGE-L

That looks exactly what I want! Thanks for the link. It's hard to tell from the IBM site for ARE but is this a chargeable optional product or free if you have the base OS? http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/are/index.html

Mike C

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Adler
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:54 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: V7R2 media

We even wrote a plugin for Application Runtime Expert to do this:
http://ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/September-2015/IBM-Application-Runtime-Expert-for-i--Managing-PTF/

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/28/2016
11:10:50 AM:

From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/28/2016 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: V7R2 media
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Mike,

You can do this.

One way is to put job schedule entries out there to check for group

ptf's

that are newer than what you have on your system.
If so, order them and put them on your system for delayed IPL. Then
do the IPL.

With DB2's IBM i Services this becomes really easy.

See also
GO SERVICE
1. Change Service Agent attributes
Auto PTF:
Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . *NO
Schedule day . . . . . . . . . *SUN
Download PTFs . . . . . . . . *NO

While this may download them it's still up to you to load/apply them
(read the help)

Rob Berendt
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From: Mike Cunningham <mike.cunningham@xxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 04/28/2016 12:04 PM
Subject: RE: V7R2 media
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I would like this if it was user configurable. Check on a scheduled

basis

and tell me if there are PFTs I should get and if any are critical,
download them automatically if I choose to do that and tell me you did

it,

load them if I choose to do that and tell me you did it, let me
specify

day of the week and time to apply them and tell you did it.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DrFranken
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 11:58 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: V7R2 media

On 4/28/2016 11:48 AM, Bradley Stone wrote:

I wish IBM could make it like other OS or even PTFs.. have the
system download the OS by itself, apply PTFs required, install and reboot.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
NO

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
NO

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

And did I mention NO?

And NO.

Never.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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