On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:24:51 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) <shmuel+ibm- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >> Do I have to fix the missing and/or hold items >... >>and when I do it just leads to more things to resolve. > >Do you mean that the PTF that fixes AQ64238 is in PE status? That's >the only thing that I see that could potentially lead to more things >to resolve. Everything else is a question of reading the hold text and >taking the appropriate offline action. >... Well, he did mention missing items, and those could have their own prereqs. It could grow into a large tree of things to resolve. But Howard, that's value of SMP. Assuming the PTFs are packaged correctly then you will end up with the fixes that actually need to be applied to get to the fix you want. SMP doesn't do this to make work for you; it does it to make sure your fixes don't back off other fixes, to make sure all fixes that need each other are applied together, etc. If you can live without the maintenance that is not applied, fine. Otherwise plan to apply everything SMP says you need to apply. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
