Re: Last chance at PTFs

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/09/2005, at 4:16 AM, Joe Pluta wrote:

> V5R1 is coming to end of service this week.  This is probably the last
> chance to get V5R1 PTFs, at least through "normal" channels.  I know of
> at least one PTF that is not in any of the groups or cumes (this is
> SI16414 needed to run Softlandign's Subversion on V5R1), so I'll get
> that in addition to all the groups and cumes.

Just going through this exercise myself. Last Cume for 510 was C4300510 
which was ages ago. New bunch of Hipers released on 6th Sept 2005. New 
Java Group level 25 (downloads 2 PTFs electronically) released on 28th 
June 2005.

> How about anything else?  Are there JDKs 1.4 and 1.5 available for 
> V5R1?

JDK 1.4 is available via PTF SI05336. Search support site for 
installation instructions. Note: That I followed the instructions and 
although JDK 1.4 is successfully installed it doesn't run. Gets MCH3402 
during JVM initialisation. Current open problem with IBM on this issue. 
Other JDK work OK on this system.

There are also additional Java enhancement PTFs for 1.4.2 that are not 
on Cume, Hiper, or Group:
        5722ss1-si18807
        5722jv1-si17769
        5722jv1-si17782
        5722jv1-si18336
        5722jv1-si19229
        5722jv1-si19229
        5722ac3-si19228

> Update PASE stuff?

Plenty of PASE PTFs but most of them seem to be on Cumes. No update to 
the level of AIX supported by PASE nor for additional AIX utilities.

> I don't know... is there anything else you can think
> of that I should be ordering for a box that's going to stay at V5R1 for
> at least a little while?

In general, as long as you are still paid up on support you will be 
able to download electronic PTFs for a long time yet. IBM may choose 
not to accept new support calls and may also choose not to ship PTFs 
that require CDs but I've found that it takes a while for the process 
to completely stop. Sometimes they continue to issue Hipers after 
official support has stopped if the problem is serious enough.

If you have the latest Cume, latest Hipers, and latest Group PTFs for 
all your installed products then you should be fine. I did the same 
thing for 440 and 450 just prior to end-of-support and ran one system 
on 440 until Christmas 2004.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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