RE: Cumulative PTF package downloaded

["Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

	I think the reason is that you now are able to download JUST the
PTFs that you need to get to this cumulative level from the level that you
currently are on.  So, let's assume you are on V6R1, if you  had put a
cumulative PTF package on this box back in Nov and you had loaded PTF level
8-288 then when you went to order and load the new PTF Cumulative pack of
8-365 you would only be getting the difference between those two, and that
is what makes it very quick.

	It surely is a nice feature that has been added.

Pete

Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com


-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: Cumulative PTF package downloaded

I just completed the cume PTF install and it took only 45 minutes! Not 
even close to previous installs. It's the first time I did it on a Power 6 
box, so I can only attribute part of the time gain to the image catalog 
process.

Mark Bazer
Director, Information Systems
Dyno Merchandise
954-971-2910 ext. 202




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Wow... I didn't even know you could order a CUM for download with 
SNDPTFORD.

I always go to IBM's web page, place the PTF order there, and it puts 
the PTFs on their FTP server, and sends me an e-mail when they're ready. 
  Then I download the PTFs to my IFS, add them into image catalogs and 
apply them.  (I actually wrote custom software to get/download the 
images and load them into an image catalog...  it's really convenient, 
since the download tends to run for a long time... my custom software 
detects network errors and resumes teh file transfer where it left off, 
and other stuff.  But... anyway...)

I guess we're doing two different things -- so my answer doesn't apply...


Mark.Bazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I did it with the SNDPTFORD command -- then the files were downloaded. 
> I'll have to do more checking.
>
> Mark Bazer
> Director, Information Systems
> Dyno Merchandise
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> Hmmm... not sure how you're going about this, so maybe I'm talking about 

> the wrong thing.  But, I typically order PTFs and then download them to 
> the IFS using FTP.
>
> In the directory where the PTFs live on IBM's site, there's a file named 

> ftpXXXXXXX.txt  (the XXXXXX changes from order to order).  That file 
> will list the .bin files you need to download as well as their sizes in 
> bytes.
>
> so you can do the download, then read that file to make sure you got 
> everything, and that all of your files are completely downloaded (i.e. 
> the byte counts match.)
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> HTH
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> Mark.Bazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > There are two text files included in the download. They include a list 
> of 
> > the PTFs in the package and instructions to follow,  but neither 
> includes 
> > a list of the .bin files that were downloaded. 
> >
> > We received nine "CUMC....bin" files and four "CUMS...bin" files -- but 

> I 
> > would be more comfortable verifying this against a list of what should 
> be 
> > there.
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> > Mark Bazer
> > Director, Information Systems
> > Dyno Merchandise
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> > Part of the download should have included such a list, as well as 
> > instructions on installing the PTF's (Cume).  I forget the names, but 
> they 
> > are simple txt files.
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> > Jerry C. Adams
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> > For the first time I have received a cumulative PTF package downloaded 
> > directly to the IFS. Is there a reference where I can check the files 
> > received against a list of what should be there so I know that nothing 
> is 
> > missing?
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> > Mark Bazer
> > Director, Information Systems
> > Dyno Merchandise
> > 954-971-2910 ext. 202