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

The message I saw was "not available electronically", but I don't recall the PTF number(s) that it stated this for.

If you run the SNDPTFORD and then (from the command line) use F10 to see all the messages, and scroll back, you should see the n/a message(s).

On 07/12/2011 04:43 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

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?

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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
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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

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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
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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.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Kingsley
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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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