I consider the Cumulative PTF Package to be a group PTF. We're at SF99730 19311. Our firmware is MH01799 (VL910). The newest VL910 PTF is MH01812. The newest overall is MH01844 (VL940).
Thanks
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From: Mark Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2020 3:38 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wrapping my head around firmware
Justin,
If you are updating Group PTFs regularly, but not the CUMe PTFs, this may be a flaw in your PTF strategy. The CUMe PTFs are what takes care of the "firmware" IIRC.
Mark
On Monday, March 2, 2020, 4:34:56 PM EST, Justin Taylor <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We do group PTFs regularly. Our current firmware shows to be behind. I assumed that meant it needed to be updated separately.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2020 1:27 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wrapping my head around firmware
Justin,
WIth a single partition and no HMC, you should not need to worry about "firmware" levels ... as long as you are applying all the CUMe and Group PTFs on a regular basis, that should take care of it for you automatically.
This is known as "OS-managed" firmware, vs. "HMC-managed." See:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/server-firmware-stand-alone-ibm-i-systems
for more information.
Hope that helps,
Mark S. Waterbury
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