Re: Immediate PTF -- What's the point?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is right. There is probably something that needs an IPL to 
finish the apply of the PTF. If applied immediate, you need to explicitly 
IPL. If delayed, the next (maybe scheduled) IPL does everything.

Admittedly, it reads a bit strange. A google over site:ibm.com found only 4 
cover letters with this wording - 2 each for V4R4 and V5R1. Huh!

Regards

Vern

At 09:17 PM 4/7/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> I've bbeen away from PTF maintenance for a while (generally a couple 
> years), so maybe things have happened that I've missed. Can anybody 
> explain the following two sections of a PTF cover letter?
>
> ACTIVATION INSTRUCTIONS :
> -------------------------
>
>    If this PTF is applied as an immediate PTF, an IPL of the system is 
> required to activate this PTF.
>    If this PTF is applied as a delayed PTF, no further action is required.
>
> DEFAULT INSTRUCTIONS :
> ----------------------
>    THIS PTF CAN BE APPLIED IMMEDIATE OR DELAYED.
>
> Now, what is the point of an "immediate" PTF if it requires an IPL to 
> "activate"? (Sure, I know, I should've noticed the activation instructions 
> when I first read the cover letter in IBM's PTF database, but still...?)
>
> Thank you for any light you can shed.
>
> Tom Liotta