On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:45:40 -0500, Glenn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> >So my question is: >Do you apply ALL PTFs from the PSP bucket? Yes - all applicable PTFs (some may be for FMIDs you don't have). That is the whole idea of having them. >Since there are PTFs that show >up in the PSP buckets daily, how do you reasonably 'keep up' with these >PTFs? Review / apply them at install time. Then it depends on how long it takes to move from your sandbox / test systems. I would do it again at least before I roll out to a system with any real usage (development system for example) and then again before a production roll out. There is a change date on the buckets, so it's not like you have to start from scratch every time. But wait... there is an easier way now (for about the last 2 years) to deal with PSP and "keep up". Have you heard of the PSP tool? This tool lets you download an extract file and run a compare program on z/OS that tells you the PTFs you need. http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/psp/srchBroker I also make sure I download current holddata at least once a week and run an SMP/E REPORT ERRSYSMODS to see if I have a PE installed or am missing HIPERs (this is a good to do all the time, not just when migrating to a new release). With SMP/E 3.4 you can do this just by submitting a batch job which makes it a whole lot easier. HTH, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.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
