PTF question

["Neil Palmer" <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,

They do seem to label things strangely when you get PTF CD's don't they.
You can usually load each CD via GO PTF  #8 - I change only the Automatic 
IPL option to 'N', and schedule an IPL later to apply them. 
Note you should skim through the documentation though in case there are 
special instructions, like having to load & apply a specific PTF before 
the rest of the package (common when there is a PTF to fix the PTF 
application process itself).

I order multiple PTF's via SNDPTFORD and taking option 2 (Do not send 
service request).  After I've ordered multiple PTF's I'll submit a batch 
job to run SNDSRVRQS *PREPARED.
Now - here's my b*i*t*c*h (for the nanny filters) about the way IBM sends 
out PTF's on CD  (besides the fact I used to get them from IBM Canada - a 
location about a mile from my office.  If I ordered them by 3pm I would 
have them the next day, and they now arrive via Airborne Express from 
Boulder CO and take a day longer).  If I order several PTF's one after the 

other like this I also receive several CD's, EACH ONE packaged and shipped 

SEPARATELY !
What a waste of money - especially when you need customs documentation on 
each package to be shipped to Canada.  Now wouldn't you think IBM would 
have some sort of shipping consolidation software to combine multiple 
orders to the same address ?   :-)

I received another unbelievable shipment last week, also from IBM in 
Boulder.  I received a fair sized box delivered via BAX Global (Burlington 

Air Express).  Inside were several sheets of bubble wrap, and an envelope. 

 Inside the envelope was a December issue of iSeries magazine !
The Air Freight Manifest said the box was 7" x 12" x 19", weighed 2 lbs, 
and had a value of $42.56   This was broken down on the customs manifest 
as:
Unit Cost:                       4.40
Export Handling:                17.00
International Freight:        21.00
70 Insurance Premium              .16
Total Value Customs Only:     42.56

I've written this madness of as a severe case of altitude sickness !  :-)

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Dennis Munro <DMunro@badgerminingcorp.com>
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2000/12/21 16:29
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I am a little confused about how ptf's are being sent by IBM

On Monday I ordered via the internet the following ptf's for V4R5M0:
SF99450
SF99096
SF99105
SF99068
SF99037
SF64217
SF64050

The two e-mails were sent saying they were being package & when they were
sent.

Looking at the cd's today, there are two cd's for the C0294450 cume 
package
& one more that is labeled Group PTF # SF99096.  The two cume cd's are 
also
labeled Group PTF # SF99096?  Do they only list the first one of the group
ptf's that I ordered?  Why are all three cd's also labeled at the top 
V3R2M0
when I ordered ptf's related to V4R5M0?

How can I verify that I have all of the above ordered ptf's?  Do I have to
order them one "group" at a time & not as one group?  I'm just trying to
save IBM some expense (which I eventually end up paying for at some later
date) in shipping 7 individual packages & now I don't know what I've
received.

If this is the way they are being shipped, what do I need to do when I 
load
them?  Option 8 has a parm that says "1" for all ptf's so I 'm guessing 
that
the cd will get read & all pertinent ptf's will be loaded in & applied???

Just a "little" confused.

Dennis - & have a happy holiday season.

Dennis Munro

"I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as 
they
go flying by."  Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:

Badger Mining Corporation
www.badgerminingcorp.com
dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com
(920) 361-2388





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