Re: Another Bad BP story

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tommy

Service Agent is something that just runs on your IBM i and does its 
thing with the PTFs - there's probably some config to get it going, but 
then it's another kind of phone-home thing.

Vern

On 4/7/2011 7:35 AM, Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'll have to look for that when I get a few minutes of spare time (ain't
> gonna happen soon lol) but the verification tool was very light weight,
> small footprint and web-based which imo is a better option than *anything*
> in navigator (which is where I'm assuming that functionality might be)
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
>
> From:   Jack Kingsley<iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   04/07/2011 07:29 AM
> Subject:        Re: Another Bad BP story
> Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Tommy, I think there is something to this using service agent that will
> check your system against PTF's that are available and will automatically
> get them and apply them as necessary.
>
> There used to be a piece in ISERIES ACCESS where you could do a ptf
> compare
> as well.
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:12 AM,<Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I wish they had a tool like the "Pre-upgrade certification tool" for
> > PTFs...  would make it much easier if would "interrogate" the system and
> > then check Fix central for new PTFs that aren't applied.  Similar to the
> > way that Installation Manager checks for updates to RDp, etc.  (slightly
> > off-topic I guess)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tommy Holden
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   "Musselman, Paul"<pmusselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   04/06/2011 05:13 PM
> > Subject:        RE: Another Bad BP story
> > Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > This is the starting point:
> >
> > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/
> >
> > You need to have an account (of course).
> >
> > And then the fun begins.  I've never liked their site; it always seems
> to
> > fight me.  I'm expecting something like the iSeries FixCentral, and it's
> > not.  It's closer to a PC-software vendor's site, but as designed by
> IBM.
> > Paul E Musselman
> >
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