One way to accomplish this would be to order, using ShopzSeries, all new PTFs based off of a Service report of your SMP/E environment. You can find information on the ShopzSeries web-site about information on ordering using the report and how to create these reports. This will order the new PTFs based off your current SMP/E environment which can then be manually review for system impact and/or relavenance.
As am sure you have already noted: The man power for this, depending on your shop's size, could be a full-time FTE or more. Craig Skip Robinson <jo.skip.robin...@sce.com> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> 04/07/2011 03:10 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> To IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu cc Subject Re: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes First off, you don't want to track 'PTFs' so much as APARs. Often a single APAR applies to multiple release levels, each of which will have its own unique PTF. If you track and order by APAR, you can submit essentially the same order for each level (CSI) that you support. As far as knowing what to track, I use... -- ASAP, a function of ServiceLink. Unfortunately I have not found a slick way to tell ASAP about the FMIDs I want to track, but once you get them all defined, you will get notified of important APARs for each tracked FMID. 'Important' generally means PE, HIPER, or ATTENTION. There are frequent, more or less daily, updates, but the number is not overwhelming. -- FIXCAT (fix category). This info comes along with HOLDDATA when you download 'ALL' data. A FIXCAT report tells you what important PTFs you're missing. 'Important' here is defined by each support organization, which supplies the HOLDDATA. If you report the results of these tracking mechanisms, you should satisfy this rather onerous demand. (Think pointy haired boss.) BTW any tracking method may have trouble with z/OS 1.9, which despite your contract is technically 'unsupported'. . . JO.Skip Robinson SCE Infrastructure Technology Services Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com From: "Barkow, Eileen" <ebar...@doitt.nyc.gov> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 04/07/2011 11:16 AM Subject: Re: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> Look at preventive service planning on ibmlink- Select maint search on left, then z/os, fill in system (z/os from menu) and year and put level https://www-304.ibm.com/ibmlink/psp/submit.wss -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Tony Lessells Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes Hi all, our management have asked us to do a weekly review of new PTFs to ensure we apply any that are relevant. I realise there are flaws to this but who am I to argue. However I don't really know where to start - we've a mixture of zOS 1.9 (under extended support) and 1.11 systems - is there somewhere on IBM support that simply lists all the latest PTFs? I have tried using the My Notifications under Electronic Support but wasn't convinced this gave me a definitive list. Any advice on where to start on this would be appreciated. Thanks. Tony. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ********************************************************************** This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
