RE: PTF from Image Catalog loading from where?

[Steve Pavlichek <spavlichek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What command or menu option are you using to apply the PTFs?

From: midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 9:20 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: PTF from Image Catalog loading from where?

Thomas:

We would need more information than what's provided to diagnose what's going on.  It appears as though you have done everything correctly so there is another reason the PTF will not apply.

I suggest starting a case with IBM.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Thomas Garvey
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 2:30 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PTF from Image Catalog loading from where?

I'm even more confused now.

I have deleted all Image Catalogs and all associated directories from the IFS.
Using the WRKOPTVOL command, there are none, and there are no virtual optical devices. Furthermore, no internal or external CD/DVD has anything in them.
So, I ...
1.    create a Virtual Optical Device and vary it on CRTDEVOPT DEVD(VRTOPT) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) At this point the WRKOPTVOL shows nothing
2    Create an Image Catalog and it's directory CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DIR('/MYCATALOGDIRECTORY') CRTDIR(*YES) 3.    Downloaded the PTF SI59204 from Fix Central, using Download Director, dirctly into the PTFCATALOG Image Catalog The file in the directory is S6407V01.BIN 4.    Veridfied, using the WRKOPTVOL command, shows nothing 5.    Loaded the Image Catalog LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DEV(VRTOPT) OPTION(*LOAD) 6.    Used WRKOPTVOL and it shows...

                            Work with Optical Volumes
System:   S107603P
  Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . *ALL
  Side information . . . . . . . : *ALL
  Type options, press Enter.
    1=Add   2=Change   3=Copy   4=Remove   5=Display   8=Work with directories
    10=Initialize      11=Work with object links 12=Duplicate ...

                                 Volume        Media Authorization
  Opt  Volume        Device      Type          Type List

       C6851330_01   VRTOPT      *PRIMARY      *CD-ROM QOPTSEC

7.    Looked at the S6406.TXT file in the /MYCATALOGDIRECTORY and it does show a B6851330 reference, but also the SI59204 and a co-req
SI57783 PTF Numbers.
8.    Did a Verify Image Catalog command...
VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES) 9. the PTF Applied fails. Here's the joblog...
go ptf
Volume C6851330_01 added to optical device.
Volume C6851330_01 added to optical device.
Library QSRV cleared.
No PTFs loaded.
PTF 5770SS1-SI74624 V7R3M0 not applied.
PTF not applied because error occurred.
PTF install processing failed.

So, why does it say it tried to apply a PTF SI74624 ? No reference to the PTFs it actually contains and that I downloaded.

Best Regards,

Thomas Garvey

On 4/15/2021 1:40 PM, Thomas Garvey wrote:

> OK, that's where it is. But I can't seem to make it go away, as it
> seems to be an actual CD in a drive. The server is in a remote
> location which is not manned today.
> I varied off all *OPT devices.
> I used option 4 to remove the volume, but as soon as I do a load on my
> Image Catalog, it comes back again. I guess the varying did nothing,
> and I have to wait til I can get somebody in the server center to pull
> the disk.
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Thomas Garvey
>
> On 4/14/2021 3:05 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
>
> > Use WRKOPTVOL to check to see if anything else might be mounted. Vary
> > off all optical except the one your using.
> >
> > He C684*.. is the volume name of the image.    It does not need to
> > match the name of the file.    The error implies that file is mounted
> > somewhere else already.
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> > Agile Technology Architects
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 14, 2021, at 2:48 PM, Thomas Garvey<tgarvey@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I don't know what is going on here with a PTF.
> > > I downloaded PTF SI59204 from Fix Central directly to an Image
> > > Catalog on my Power7 server.
> > > I look at the text file S9236.TXT in the IFS directory and it says I
> > > did download that PTF and a Co-Req. PTF.
> > > The bin file is named S9236V01.BIN.
> > >
> > > So, then I do the LODIMGCLG and then GO PTF and use option 8.
> > > The PTF fails, and here's the joblog...
> > >
> > > Image catalog V7R3CUME loaded in device VRTOPT.
> > > Volume C6841367_01 added to optical device.
> > > Volume C6841367_01 added to optical device.
> > > Library QSRV cleared.
> > > No PTFs loaded.
> > > PTF 5770SS1-SI74624 V7R3M0 not applied.
> > > PTF not applied because error occurred.
> > > PTF install processing failed.
> > >
> > > V7R3CUME is the Image Catalog and VRTOPT is the Virtual Optical Device.
> > > But where does C6841367_01 come from? The file is S9236V01.
> > > And PTF SI74624 is not the PTF I loaded, nor is it for 5770SS1 (it's
> > > for 5773SC1).
> > >
> > > How is this happening?
> > >
> > > Here's the Image Catalog...
> > >
> > > Work with Image Catalog Entries
> > > System:
> > >   Catalog  . . :   V7R3CUME                Status . . . : Ready
> > >   Type . . . . :   Optical                 Device . . . : VRTOPT
> > >
> > >   Directory  . . . . : /cume_directory
> > >
> > >   Type options, press Enter.
> > >     1=Add   2=Change       4=Remove   6=Mount   8=Load 9=Unload
> > >     10=Initialize volume   12=Work with volume
> > >
> > >   Opt   Index  Status      Image File Name *AVAIL
> > >             1  Mounted S9236V01.BIN
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Thomas Garvey