RE: Applying Cumes

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not cut out the middle man (the PC) and have the system download the
PTF's directly via FTP? When you go to Fix Central, you get the names of the
image volumes. Plug them into a script and away you go.

Paul Nelson
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 6:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Applying Cumes

Aaron,

These days I always use image catalogues, which require that the images 
be in an IFS folder.  I use the Download Director recommended by Greg 
Gallas  Prior to that I used to download the images via FTP option and 
then cut CD's from those.  I've never used the iNav method so I can't 
speak to that one, but there are instructions (somewhere), though I 
think that is used to install fixes downloaded as save files from the 
support line.

Anyway, it sounds like you just downloaded the images to a PC folder, 
which would then require the cut to CD (using Nero, Roxio or such) and 
then sitting in front of the i5 swapping the CD's.  I don't know what 
happened to your PC folder, but I doubt that what you downloaded is what 
iNav is installing since the images (CD, save files, or catalogues) must 
be on the i5.

I think that Guy is right that what iNav is installing are the fixes 
that your support line downloaded as save files (QGPL, I think). 

	* Jerry C. Adams
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Aaron Bartell wrote:
> This is a continuation from a thread started on WEB400-L (wasn't
appropriate
> there anymore).
>
>  
>
> So I took Pluta's and Haases comments and headed over to Fix Central to
try
> and download the latest Cume in an effort to get my system completely up
to
> date.  I went through the whole process of selecting Cume and then
selecting
> HTTP, DB2 and Java related fixes/updates, and that led me to enter my i5's
> IP/user/password screen, and that led me to a download page where a 400MB
> download started and was _supposed_ to be going to a folder on my desktop.
> I watched the download all the way to 98% and then got distracted (my son
> wanted to watch Bob-The-Builder on the PC:-).  Once I went back to that
> Firefox tab later in the evening it wasn't at the download page or wasn't
> there anymore (I am not sure).
>
>  
>
> So here's what I am wondering.  That desktop folder which _should_ have
had
> the downloads was empty upon review - should it be?  Do the files
> automatically get uploaded to the i5?  I didn't notice a difference in
disk
> usage percentage (still at 66.x%).
>
>  
>
> I started fishing around and found the "Install software fixes" task in
> iSeries Navigator and clicked that.  I told it to apply all fixes for all
> products and all versions.  It is now showing me this screen:
> http://mowyourlawn.com/temp/i5_update1.png
>
>  
>
> I checked WRKACTJOB and there is a job pounding away at updates, so it
> appears to be working, but how can I be sure it is applying the updates I
> just downloaded?  Or the other side of my brain is saying "how could it be
> updating anything else?".
>
>  
>
> Should I just start the Fix Central process over from the beginning?  The
> download only took about 2hrs.
>
>  
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help out this newbie sys admin:-)
>
>  
>
> Aaron Bartell
>
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
>