RE: Order of PTFs at release upgrade

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Evan,

My lack of experience is clear, but as I recall, image catalog support was PTFd 
to V5R1, but was done only to support upgrade to V5R2.  I seem to remember that 
image catalog on V5R1 was barely usable...  I wonder if 5.1 to 5.3 is 
supported...

Just curious,
Eric

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Evan Harris
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:02 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Order of PTFs at release upgrade


Hi Mo

other may have a different approach (I'll be watching this with 
interest) but what I have settled on doing is:

- Load the cume first after the upgrade & IPL
- Apply the groups and hipers & IPL

As to the image catalogs, you need a catalog per set of CD's, so a 
catalog for the cume, one for the DB group, one for the hipers, and 
so forth. However, you can write a simple CL program to load all the 
PTF's - excluding the cume- from the various image catalogs and then 
IPl - this is what I did on my last couple of upgrades (they were 
5.2-to 5.4 upgrades so YMMV at 5.1)

Since the catalog is eseentially the same as loading from CD the 
process should be done the same way, but without having to load the 
pesky CD's one at a time.

Hope this helps
Regards
Evan Harris



58 p.m. 27/02/2007, you wrote:

> I'm still working on upgrading from 5.1 to 5.3.
>
> I'm a little bit unclear on the PTF install process immediately after
> the upgrade (before the IPL). I've received the latest 5.3 CUME along
> with Hipers and DB Group. I'd like to install from image catalog.
>
> Should I install the CUME then IPL, then install HIPERS and DB Group or
> install all three at the same time before the IPL?
>
> There is a new option in GO PTF 8, 'Prompt for Media' that I'm not sure
> how to use.
>
> Assuming CUME and groups are installed at the same time, do I load them
> all into the same image catalog or should I have a separate catalog for
> CUME and for HIPER/DB Group?
>
> If the catalog is the same, which order should it be loaded in? CUME
> first or groups first?
>
> Still assuming CUME and groups go on at the same time, depending on
> whether they are in different catalogs or not, how do I correctly use
> the 'Prompt for media' option?
>
> If somebody could give me a 'strategy' to follow on how and in what
> order to apply CUME, HIPERS and DB Group as part of the release upgrade
> I'd be most grateful.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Moe