It's a bit more complicated than just that, because, some "superceded" PTFs may have never been loaded or applied on your particular system. You might just get the latest CUMe or Group PTFs and many of them may have superceded various older PTFs.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 11:14:33 AM EST, Justin Taylor <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So you're saying that:
1. Superseded PTFs are not always permanently applied.
2. If I apply SI71481 it will also apply SI70970, and that removing SI71481 will also remove SI70970.
Correct?
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From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: RE: Removing superseded PTFs
Going by the assumption that IBM is right, let's see how this might work.
Let's say the object in question (just for an example) is QCMDEXC.
You run this command: DSPOBJD OBJ(QSYS/QCMDEXC) OBJTYPE(*PGM) DETAIL(*SERVICE) and you see that the current PTF is SI70520.
Now you put on PTF SI71481. You run the DSPOBJD command again and you see SI71481.
In the process of putting on SI71481 it created a save of QCMDEXC into a save file then restored it with the new one. When you do a RMVPTF it will restore the one saved. Now, keep in mind that the one save had SI70520 in it's DSPOBJD so therefore a RMVPTF of SI71481 would also remove SI70970.
Make sense?
If, instead of RMVPTF of si71481, you applied it permanently, it would get rid of the save file containing the SI70520 version of QCMDEXC. Thus freeing up that space.
Rob Berendt
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We have a bad PTF that I removed (SI70970). IBM support wants to send a superseding PTF as a test PTF (SI71481). IBM says if I delete the bad PTF and apply the test PTF, I'll end up with this:
SI71481 Temporarily applied (test PTF)
SI70970 Superseded (bad PTF)
If SI71481 is also a bad PTF, they say that removing SI71481 will also remove SI70970. This will cause IBM i to revert to the prior PTF (SI69828). PTFs would show:
SI71481 Not applied (test PTF)
SI70970 Superseded (bad PTF)
It's my understanding that superseded PTFs are permanently applied. I'm skeptical that removing the latest PTF would revert the superseded one. Are my wrong on this?
TIA
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