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From: ""Ted MacNEIL"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Basic SMP/E question
Our service provider missed on a critcal PTF (cross memory services),
because it was bundled, in an APAR, with 13 others, of which some were
PE'd.
That is their explanation.
Since (and I admit it) I have not had the pleasure of working with SMP/E,
I do not know:
1. Is their explanation valid? Is it all or nothing?
2. Or, can they apply them (easily) individually?
Enquiring minds need to know!
They have impacted our schedule for getting through z/OS, IMS and DB2
migrations this year, because we have only so many weekends to do these
conversions.
Ted,
It depends. Without going through the entire 14 APAR chain, it would be
difficult to tell. You could check the extended holddata file against the
list of APARs to see if the service provider is correct. For the APAR in
question that was not applied, they should tell you exactly:
1. Which pre- or co-req PTF's for the missed APAR were PE, and what APAR(s)
would have fixed them.
2. Which superseding PTF's for the missed APAR were PE, and what APAR(s)
would have fixed them.
Don't allow them to bury the detail, get specifics.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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