Re: Y2K Group PTF Potential Problem -- MIDRANGE-L

Now I am confused, and am not sure what I have on my PTF CD's.

We were having a TCP problem on a v4r4 system.  Support identified some
ptf's that we needed to order and asked us to also load the latest cum.  They
offered
to place the order for me(nice, thanks).  I asked if I could add my y2k ptf 
order
as
well.  And they did.  The date of the order is 12/06/1999.  Order #B7520295.

The cd's I received are each labeled "Group PTF #: SF99200".   The Srv Req: line
on each CD is:  CD 001 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series
                        CD 002 of 004  Srv Req: Y2K PTFs-370,410,420,430,440
                                                                SF90200-PTFs
through 11/18/1999
                        CD 003 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series V4
                                                                IBM Cumulative
PTF Package
                        CD 004 of 004  Srv Req: AS/400(R) ADV Series V4
                                                                IBM Cumulative
PTF Package

I took this to mean that CD 1 was my TCP fix, CD 2 was my y2k fixes, and
CD's 3 + 4 were my v4r4 cum CD's.  Now, based on your post, I'm not so sure.
It seems one of two scenarios has happened:  1)  That first CD contains my TCP
fixes only and I received only part of the y2k fixes or, 2) that first CD
contains
my TCP fixes and part of the y2k group, which didn't get installed on some of
my AS/400's..

I've applied all four CD's to our v4r4 systems.  I applied only the y2k cd to 
our

v4r2 and v4r3 systems. Did I miss some y2k ptf's on the v4r2, v4r3 systems?
Would all of the y2k ptfs have been included in the v4r4 since I used all 4 
CD's?

I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have!

Ray

bvining@vnet.ibm.com wrote:

> The two CDs for Y2K RISC systems are independent of each other from an
> "awareness of each other" point of view.  I find it difficult to
> understand how a user could have been prompted for the second while
> working with the first.  One CD is a frozen image of those Y2K related
> PTFs available though late October 1999; the other CD is everything Y2K
> related that has been made available since late October 1999.  This can
> be seen by reviewing the PSP information for SF99200.
>
> This inability to prompt for the second CD is, to say the least,
> unfortunate and was not done without a lot of work to try and avoid.
> Alternatives such as breaking SF99200 out into separate PTFs per
> release (and having to tell everyone about all the new Group PTF numbers)
> through changing the Group to a Cum (which would allow prompting but
> not allow the timeliness of updates we have with Groups) were, among
> others, considered.
>
> Bruce
>
> >
> >Its about six weeks since i applied the (then) latest Y2k group ptf, also on
> >a V4R3 machine and i'm pretty sure that it also asked for the second CD.
> >
> >>
> >> To muddy the waters even further.  Last week I put the Y2K group PTF on 2
> >> AS/400s running
> >> V4R3, and one asked for the second volume, and the other did not.  They
> >> were both at the
> >> same CUM level.  So, as I read all these stories I have one explanation
> >> "Go Figure?"
> >>
> >
>
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Ray Peterson
WITC - Shell Lake
505 Pine Ridge Drive
Shell Lake  WI  54871
www.witc.tec.wi.us
715 468-2815


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