[WDSCI-L] Yet another question about updates

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Still frustrated over the painfully slow installation of fixes via Update 
Manager, I've started to look elsewhere. I looked in the WDSC help (have 
Advanced Edition 5.1) and found nothing other than how to use UM (can't 
resist - is that like a big pause in the conversation?). Nothing about 
alternatives if you need to do multiple installations (there was something 
about that for WAS, not for WDSC). I went to www.iseries.ibm.com/websphere 
and eventually found my way to downloads, where I found the 5.1.0.2 fix at 
<ftp.software.ibm.com/as400/products/ad/wdt400/v51/adv/wdsc_ae51_fix_5102.zip>, 
a file of approx. 180megs.

Then I tried the Improved Search engine at iSeries Support and found PTFs 
SI08267 superseded by SI09849 (V5R2) and SI08245 superseded by SI09833 
(V5R1), called WDSC Advanced Edition for iSeries 5.0.1 fix pack, with the 
caveat that it is about 400-500meg in size, so it'll take a while to install.

BTW, the numbers for the Standard Edition are SI08205 superseded by SI09830 
(V5R2) and SI08204 superseded by SI09828 (V5R1).

So what's this all mean? I'm just now installing 5.1.0.2 via UM, after 
doing the painful iterative thing that takes hours. Is the FTP version 
equivalent, does it contain all requisite stuff? Are the PTFs equivalent to 
anything above?

None of these alternatives are documented in the Help, as far as I can find.

Thanks
Vern