Re: Easy PTF retrieval ate up the DASD

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once the PTFs are 'old' as in 'not from current release' then the *SAVF 
copies will live FOREVER!!  This is cool, because I sell disk. :-) 
Unless you clean them up which is a bummer as then I sell no disk. :-(

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On 12/4/2017 1:43 PM, Bob Cagle wrote:
> I did find several SAVFs in QGPL.  Oddly they were all dated back to 2014; I would've expected them to be more recent than that - like, last week, when I downloaded them?
>
> Also, I assumed that either DLTPTF or the Clean Up Fixes would remove the SAVFs; guess not.
>
> Anyways, I've deleted all of these and am now down to 69%, much better than where I was when I started.  Some of these must've been lingering for a while.
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>
>
> > From: Justin Taylor
> >
> > What do these commands show:
> > WRKOBJPDM LIB(QGPL) OBJ(QS*) OBJTYPE(*FILE) OBJATR(*SAVF) WRKOBJPDM LIB(QGPL) OBJ(QM*) OBJTYPE(*FILE) OBJATR(*SAVF)
> >
> > That should be the PTF save files that were downloaded.
> >
> >
> > > From: Bob Cagle
> > >
> > > I was watching last week's thread on Easiest PTF Upgrade Retrieval with interest as I know I'm behind on PTFs.
> > >
> > > So I submitted a SNDPTFORD PTFID((*CUMPKG)) and let it run.  Within a couple of hours, my system hit 95% storage utilization, up from around 88%.  I made the decision to cancel the job instead of letting the storage go critical.
> > >
> > > I followed that up by doing a DLTPTF PTF(*ALL) LICPGM(*ALL), and running the Clean Up Fixes in Navigator.  The system was IPL'd over the weekend, but is still sitting at 94% utilization instead of the 88% before I started this endeavor.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for clearing up this space?
> > >
> > > For the record, we are on a 520 at 7.1 with just 175GB DASD.  I have been working on the boss for 2 years to get him to agree to an upgrade, but have not yet been successful.  Maybe I should just let the PTFs fill the disk and crash the system...