Re: How to compare PTFs on four partitions

[Frigyes Szepesi <frigyes.szepesi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian,

Thank you, the customer is on 7.1, and backlevel on most of the
groups. (With no TR group installed at all.)

On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:49:47 -0400, Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> and if on V7.2 you can do this from the web based navigator interface...
> http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2014/04/ibm-i-72-systems-management-improvements.html
>
> ? PTF support has been added to Navigator ? you can view the PTFs and 
> PTF groups that are installed on your partition; you can install, remove 
> and clean up PTFs from the GUI as well. And as the announcement stated, 
> you can now do the compare and update of PTFs via the Web console.
>
> With the latest DB2 ptfs for 7.1 and 7.2 there is a sql service you can 
> use to check your group ptfs against IBMs list.
>
> http://www.mcpressonline.com/ibm-i-os/400-i5/os/step-right-up-and-hear-about-db2-and-tr9.html
>
> SYSTOOLS/GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY
>
> SF99702 Level 3 & SF99701 Level 32
> -
>
>
>
>
> Frigyes Szepesi wrote on 10/14/2014 3:59 PM:
> > Hi Charles,
> >
> > Thank you for the useful hint, it works very well!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:12:24 -0400, Charles Wilt
> > <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > iNav has this functionality built in.
> > >
> > > Right click a system, select Fixes --> Compare and update...to start the
> > > wizard.
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Frigyes Szepesi <
> > > frigyes.szepesi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi to the Gurus,
> > > >
> > > > I have a simple question: how to compare PTFs on four partitions of
> > > > two servers? I did a DSPPTF to outfiles, queried them to have the
> > > > LICPGM and the PTF fields only. All I need to know which partition
> > > > misses what PTFs. I tried CMPF on the green screen, it does not work
> > > > on multiple files/members. I downloaded the files to my PC, tried FC
> > > > command on command prompt, it tells me the files are too different.
> > > > I tried to use Notepad++ with the compare plugin/DLL, it works only on
> > > > two files. I would really appreciate any good ideas.
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