Re: Getting up to date on 7.3

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Beautiful, thanks Paul.

And am I right that the TR is just one of my PTFs?  If I'm reading this 
correctly, SF99727 contains the technology refresh.  Much like SF99730 
contains the cumulative PTFs.  And I thought SF99731 contained all the 
groups except the cume.  But my download request gave me a lot more than 
I expected:

SF99225
SF99252
SF99333
SF99433
SF99581
SF99703
SF99722
SF99723
SF99724
SF99725
SF99726
SF99727
SF99728
SF99729
SF99730
SF99731
SF99859
SF99867
SF99875
SF99876

That seems like... a lot.  :)


On 5/21/2019 3:54 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
> You can load latest CUM, latest TR, and all groups all together.
>
> Then option 1 - Set all PTFs delayed.
>
> Apply type . .   1            1=Set all PTFs delayed
>                                2=Apply immediate, set delayed PTFs
>                                3=Apply only immediate PTFs
>
>
> LPAR will IPL several times to get them all applied.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 4:21 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Getting up to date on 7.3
>
> It's been a while since I managed OS upgrades.  We're at 7.3 TR3 (yeah,
> I know, but at least we're on 7.3!) and we'd like to get current.  I
> still get confused with TRs, cumes and groups.  The last I remember, the
> belt and suspenders approach was to apply all groups, IPL, then apply
> TR6, IPL, and finally apply the cume and IPL.  I don't if this roadmap
> makes sense anymore, or if the roads even still exist.  For all I know,
> there's a George Jetson jetcar that will take us from TR3 to TR6
> magically, although I sort of doubt that.
>
> Any advice from the experts here?  Thanks in advance.