I run a:
RECEIVE SYSMODS HOLDDATA
ORDER(ORDERSERVER(ORDSRVR)
CONTENT(ALL))
DELETEPKG.
And :
REPORT ERRSYSMODS ZONES(IFCHECK) .
REPORT MISSINGFIX FIXCAT(*) ZONES(IFCHECK) .
Generally every day. That way I have all the "fixes" here. I don't
review it everyday. I run an APPLY CHECK often enough that I know what
needs to be held if I want to apply anything in response to a problem.
As needed or a couple three times a year, I APPLY SOURCEID ( RSU* HIPER
PRP IBM* )
I'm rethinking HIPER and maybe RSU*. Last time I ran this, I seem to
have put a IOSAS real storage leak (or more likely invalid reporting of
such) on. It was RSU and not HELD.
Still, with this procedure, I rarely have a problem that causes
difficulty.
Dave Gibney
Information Technology Services
Washington State University
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Craig Pace
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> 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
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> From: "Barkow, Eileen" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: 04/07/2011 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Identifying Latest zOS Fixes
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
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>
>
> 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:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Tony Lessells
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:43 PM
> To: [email protected]
> 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.
>
>
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