RE: Applying Cumes

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do that also. i.e., mget C7282*

Some clients have slow connections that take a couple of hours per CD image,
and one has a connection that gets a CD in 13 to 15 minutes!

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Raul A. Jager W.
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:25 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Applying Cumes

I recently downlaoded PTF over a very slow connection, it took almost 2 
days, I was affraid they will be removed from the server.  The way I did 
it was to replace the "get" from the instruction with a "mget", so 
instead of
get disk1
get disk2
...
I put:   mget disk*

Raúl

Paul Nelson wrote:

> 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
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 512-392-2577
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----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
> *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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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
> >
> >  
> >    
>
>