Re: V7R3 SNDPTFORD failing intermittanly -- MIDRANGE-L

I guess the old FTP to a directory is just to easy and less error prone than SNDPTFORD, so that's why folks won't use it. Yes you have to use Fix Central to order, but if you really want to you can save the order and just repeat it periodically. Takes about 4 minutes a quarter.

You can script the FTP almost as easy as the SNDPTFORD with the one manual step to enter the download information( which could also be automated with a bunch of tools). Yep, FTP fails every now and then, but no less than SNDPTFORD since 90% of the time it's a WAN problem that causes it.

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On Jan 7, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Steinmetz, Paul <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Playground LPAR upgraded to V7R3, went smooth.
Ordering the PTFs for this LPAR, via SNDPTFORD.

SNDPTFORD for SF99729 worked fined, downloaded as *SAVF as requested.

SNDPTFORD PTFID((SF99730 *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)) PTFPART(*ALL) RMTCPNAME(*IBMSRV) RMTNETID(*NETATR) DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) DLVRYFMT(*SAVF) ORDER(*REQUIRED) REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES) IMGOPT(*DOWNLOAD) IMGDIR(*DFT) IMGPFX(*SRVPVD) IMGCLG(*NONE)

SNDPTFORD for SF99730 resulting with CPC8C10 - Optical image is being created for download.

Cause . . . . . : You requested an order to be delivered as *IMAGE. Optical
image is being created for download at IBM. Download process will start in
0 minutes. CPZ8C15 message will be sent to QSERVICE message queue (or the
message queue specified in the Service Attributes) when download is
complete.

Searching, I found SI60609 is needed to resolve the issue.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas3SI60609

Loaded and applied SI60609.
Resolved the CPC8C10 issue.

Now having other errors.
Downloads failing after 90+% downloaded.

I followed my notes from IBM for fixing service agent, which resolved similar errors in the past.
DLTSRVCFG DLTCMNCFG(*YES)

Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM2 not found.
Service mapping table entry for service configuration *SERVICE deleted.
Point-to-point profile QVPN01IBM1 successfully removed.
Connection profile for service configuration QVPN01IBM1 deleted.
Point-to-point profile QVPN01IBM2 successfully removed.
Connection profile for service configuration QVPN01IBM2 deleted.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM2 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM2 not found.
Service configuration *SERVICE deleted.
Point-to-point profile not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM2 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM2 not found.
Service mapping table entry for service configuration *SERVICE deleted.
Point-to-point profile QVPN01IBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN01IBM2 not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QVPN02IBM2 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM2 not found.
Service configuration *SERVICE deleted.
Service configuration *ECS deleted.
Link removed.
Link removed.

CRTSRVCFG ROLE(*PRIMARY) CNNTYPE(*DIRECT)
Service configuration *ECS created.
Service configuration *SRVAGT created.

VFYSRVCFG SERVICE(*ecs) VFYOPT(*ALL)
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2MHIN not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP2 not found.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2MHIN not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP2 not found.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2MHIN not found.
Point-to-point profile QMHINIBM1 not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP not found.
Point-to-point profile QTOCL2TP2 not found.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Path name not valid.
Error found on CPY command.
Verify processing started.
Verification for Gateway_1 was successful.
Verification for Gateway_2 was successful.
Verification for Problem_Report_1 was successful.
Verification for Problem_Report_2 was successful.
Verification for Problem_Report_3 was successful.
Verification for QVPN01IBM1 was successful.
Verification for QVPN01IBM2 was successful.
Verify processing completed.

I finally got a good SF99730 download, but I'm concerned with the various error messages above.

Any thoughts on the group?

Thank You
_____
Paul Steinmetz
IBM i Systems Administrator

Pencor Services, Inc.
462 Delaware Ave
Palmerton Pa 18071

610-826-9117 work
610-826-9188 fax
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