RE: Easiest PTF Upgrade Retrieval

We've done it by forwarding the email to the IBM i (or sending it there in
the first place) then writing code to pull the order number out of the email
and run the FTP. Trick is to know when the email comes in.

We have abandoned that process since most of the time we have to customize
the download anyway. Besides, we are only talking about 3 or 4 times a year
for V7R3, twice a year for V7R2, and almost never for V7R1 anymore. At some
point automating a process that is not labor intensive does not make too
much sense. We do it manually for each customer to be sure everything is
pristine for them.


--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Brown
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:59 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Easiest PTF Upgrade Retrieval

Jim, the SNDPTORD can be automated whereas how do you automate the download
from fix central ?



Don Brown





From: "Jim Oberholtzer" <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30/11/2017 05:52 AM
Subject: RE: Easiest PTF Upgrade Retrieval
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Also: I know many of you love SNDPTFORD. Consider ordering the
groups/cumulative from Fix Central and using FTP to bring them down they
building an image catalog. Download speed is really no different than
SNDPTFORD and you have far better control on where it goes and ability to
clean it up.

We do this weekly for several customers and have found the Fix Central
method much easier and more manageable than the alternatives.


--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 1:45 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Easiest PTF Upgrade Retrieval

Matt,

The question is whether or not MGTOOLS will order those individual PTF's
which are not on a cume or a group yet. I do not know. The options I
showed you for SNDPTFORD will not.

But you have to install MGTOOLS, as Jim noted:
<snip>
First go out and get the MGTools (must gather tools) for your
version/Release. Install that. It's a save file you restore, about as
easy as it gets.
</snip>

Once you have it loaded MGTOOLS has it's own menu option to update
MGTOOLS.
I've had IBM service request it a few times lately for some of my issues.


Rob Berendt