At 12:46 -0600 on 12/28/2005, Eatherly, John D [IT] wrote about Warning: PTF's require HDS microcode, which is not availab:
>Just wanted to pass on a heads up on some APARs that require HDS >microcode on DASD. And that microcode will not be available until the >2nd week in January. Was there a HOLD(ACTION) [or it might need to be HOLD(DEPENDENT?) - I forget] against these APARs (or the Fix PTFs)? If not, a BIG "PACKAGING PROBLEM" report should be filed with IBM since this dependency should have been mentioned so as to suppress accidental installation as occurred to you. It was reported to IBM. I was the second person to report it. There is going to be an (AI) added to the APARs as soon as I get them the HDS code level required. We are waiting to see what the microcode level is that is required for this. >The APARS affected are: > >OA11492 first shows the problem with the HDS microcode. >OA13907 has it also because it sups OA13907 > >We had several DASD volumes that the path would not come online after an >IPL. And they just happened to be systems volumes. > >Thanks. >John Eatherly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
