Re: PTFs coming via DVD, not link -- MIDRANGE-L

I thought there was a size limit in the SNDPTFORD that would default to physical media? That's one reason I stopped using it and started using only fix central. Is that still true and potentially the source of the problem?

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 7/12/2011 2:09 PM, Bruce Hoffman wrote:

Had this happen as well. It appears to be happening under certain
combinations of 7.1 PTFs on the machine. Three machines it mailed, and
another machine that had the latest HIPER, but not the latest CUME,
delivered electronically last night.

It's not the specification of *CUMPKG... SF99710 does the same thing.

On 07/12/2011 02:40 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

> No, I missed that. I did check the REORDER parm and it's *NO.
>
> I just tried a SNDPTFORD PTFID((*CUMPKG *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS))
> DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) ORDER(*REQUIRED)
> REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES)
>
> It ignored the *LINKONLY for me too! So I tried it for the HIPERs and it
> went through the motions as if *LINKONLY but I got nothing as I just did the
> HIPERS.
>
> Maybe *CUMPKG is hardcoded to DELIVERY(ANY).
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:01 PM,<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>

>> Did you also see where I posted that it was ignoring the *LINKONLY?
>>
>>
>> Rob Berendt
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>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jeff Crosby<jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 07/12/2011 12:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: PTFs coming via DVD, not link
>> Sent by:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> I modified for 7.1. I use the *HIPERGRP *DB2GRP, etc where available. For
>> the other groups that don't have a * name, I change to the correct actual
>> PTF number. I've actually been using this utility since 5.4.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:09 AM,<rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>

>>> Did you modify this for 7.1? Mainly, are you specifying SNDPTFORD with
>>> one of the following:
>>> *CUMPKG
>>> *HIPERGRP
>>> *DB2GRP
>>> *BRSGRP
>>> *JVAGRP
>>> *HTTPGRP
>>> *PFRGRP
>>> Or, are you specifying SNDPTFORD with old 6.1 values like SF99610?
>>> On SNDPTFORD is REORDER is at the system default of *NO or did you

>> change

>>> it to *YES? This would cause it to download ptf's you already have.
>>> Useful for updating multiple lpars at different ptf levels but probably
>>> not applicable for you. The additional size may push you to media. Try

>> a

>>>
>>> SNDPTFORD PTFID(
>>> (*CUMPKG *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*HIPERGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*DB2GRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*BRSGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*JVAGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*HTTPGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS)
>>> (*PFRGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS))
>>> DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) ORDER(*REQUIRED)
>>> REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES)
>>> and see if it tells you it cannot be ordered electronically. Actually,
>>> no, this won't work. Try a separate ptf command for each special value.
>>> Like:
>>> SNDPTFORD PTFID(
>>> (*CUMPKG *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS) )
>>> DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) ORDER(*REQUIRED)
>>> REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES)
>>> SNDPTFORD PTFID(
>>> (*HIPERGRP *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS))
>>> DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) ORDER(*REQUIRED)
>>> REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES)
>>> ...
>>> Wow! This is weird! Look at my joblog:
>>> SNDPTFORD PTFID((*CUMPKG *ONLYPRD *ONLYRLS))
>>> DELIVERY(*LINKONLY) ORDER(*REQUIRED)
>>> REORDER(*NO) CHKPTF(*YES)
>>> CPZ8C09-Request for problem 1119338059 complete. PTFs mailed.
>>> It's ignoring the *LINKONLY!
>>> See also DSPMSGD CPZ8C09
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob Berendt
>>> --
>>> Group Dekko
>>> Dept 1600
>>> Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
>>> Garrett, IN 46738
>>> Ship to: Dock 108
>>> 6928N 400E
>>> Kendallville, IN 46755
>>> http://www.dekko.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Jeff Crosby<jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: 07/12/2011 09:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: PTFs coming via DVD, not link
>>> Sent by:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your guess is as good as mine. I don't really want them on DVD, though,

>> I

>>> want them downloaded (except for cume's). And they always have been

>> until

>>> recently. I know I could go online and do it, but it's far less
>>> time-consuming on my part to use the little utility I wrote. Here's the
>>> command, prompted:
>>>
>>> Order PSP, Cum, or Group PTFs (ORDPTFPKG)
>>>
>>> Type choices, press Enter.
>>>
>>> Query the latest cum PTF? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the PSP information? . . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get defective PTFs list? . . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest cum PTF? . . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest HIPER Group? . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest DB2 Group? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest Security Group? *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get recommended TCP/IP fixes? . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest JVA Group? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest BRS Group? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest HTTP Group? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest Print Group? . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get the latest ESA Group? . . . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get latest Performance Group? . *NO *YES, *NO
>>> Get latest Tech Refresh Group? *NO *YES, *NO
>>>
>>> That probably doesn't format very well, but I just change to *YES the

>> ones

>>> I
>>> want, it submits itself to batch, sends me a message for each one it
>>> orders,
>>> and then sends me a message when they're all done. What could be

>> easier?

>>> It literally takes less than 10 seconds of my time. Except now I get
>>> DVDs
>>> instead of immediate download.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Pete Massiello
>>> <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>

>>>> How are you getting PTF's delivered the next day.
>>>>
>>>> Pete Massiello
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Kingsley
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:13 PM
>>>> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: PTFs coming via DVD, not link
>>>>
>>>> wrkcntinf, option 2, option 1 possibly.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Jeff Crosby
>>>> <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've got a utility I wrote that orders various groups PTFs in batch

>>> via

>>>> the

>>>>> SNDPTFORD command. Some weeks back (it may have coincided with

>> V7R1),

>>>> they

>>>>> started being delivered via DVD the next day instead of being

>>> downloaded

>>>>> immediately and I can't figure out why. The SNDPTFORD command has
>>>>> DELIVERY(*ANY), but it's ALWAYS said that in my program.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know where to look to find out why this is? Some system

>>> setting

>>>>> somewhere?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
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