Re: Order of PTFs at release upgrade

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

Except that I've used the CD drive, that's the way I've always done it, 
too.  I have never found any documentation for it, but the guy who 
trained me (a certified something or other) said the OS/400 was smart 
enough to sort everything into the proper order, including prerequisites 
and supersedes. 


The documentation that comes with the Cumes and Groups do say that, if 
you have multiple sets, to put a '2' in the Multi-Volume option.  I do 
print out all of the Special Instruction cover letters, but I do not 
recall anything ever coming through about the sequence.


But I'm still waiting for Barsa and/or Bolhuis to chime in on this one. 


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Harvell, Joel wrote:
> I load all of my CDs, including the PTF Groups, into one catalog and
> take option 8 on the PTF menu.  I have never had a problem.  Have I just
> been lucky??
>
>  
> Joel B. Harvell
> Food Lion, LLC
> (704) 633-8250 x2709
> jbharvell@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:02 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
> >