With a large number of PTF, sounds like one of the changes that require a certain set of prerequisite compatibility PTFs be installed on all systems and subsystems before the held PTFs are installed on any system subsystem. You have to read all the holddata comments.
On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM Brian Westerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with everything except the last part about selecting the PTFs > individually. I do the same thing that the OP is doing. My reason is that I > can get the ones the "need" to be excluded from the applychk, but since he is > doing a RSU, he likely wants everything that is not going to fail because of > failed or missing prereqs. > > Coding defaults never hurts though. > > As far as getting through the 134 PTF's you pretty much have to look at them > all and see if the action is going to need you to do something that you can't > or don't want to do or will affect something poorly in your system. It's > difficult to tell you for sure without knowing anything about your site and > if the required actions are going to present a problem for you. > > If it helps, most of the actions are likely fairly benign things, but again, > it's difficult to tell you without specific knowledge of the action items in > question. > > Brian > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:00:55 -0400, David Spiegel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >Hi Dave, > >- RETRY(YES) and JCLINREPORT are defaults. There is no need to code them. > >- The SYSUTx ALLOCATIONS might be too small > >- The SMPWRKx Allocations could benefit from half-track blocking (i.e. > >BLKSIZE=27920). > >- Instead of PTFS and EXCLUDE, why not SELECT the 134 PTFs? > > > >Regards, > >David > > > >On 2024-06-14 18:30, Dave Beagle wrote: > >> Depends on the holds. DOC holds are easily bypassed. Others not entirely > >> bypass-able.(although most are) Some of them you might have to perform a > >> bind to finish the installation. Here is a sample. > >> //WJJCAPCK JOB (3200,TBL1),'APCK DB2 MAINT',CLASS=8,MSGCLASS=Q, > >> // NOTIFY=&SYSUID,REGION=6M > >> /*JOBPARM SYSAFF=BCWD > >> //* > >> //S1 EXEC PGM=GIMSMP, > >> // PARM='PROCESS=WAIT', > >> // DYNAMNBR=120 > >> //* > >> //* NOTE: THIS JCL CREATED BY THE COMMAND GENERATION DIALOGS. > >> //* > >> //* SMP ZONE-RELATED FILES ARE DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATED, > >> //* THIS INCLUDES THE SMPPTS, SMPLOG, AND SMPTLIB DATA SETS, > >> //* IF APPLICABLE. > >> //* > >> //* SMP FILES > >> //* > >> //SMPCSI DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SMPE.DB2V8R1.GLOBAL.CSI > >> //SMPOUT DD SYSOUT=* > >> //SMPRPT DD SYSOUT=* > >> //SMPLIST DD SYSOUT=* > >> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > >> //* > >> //* UTILITY WORK DATA SETS IF REQUIRED FOR THE COMMAND > >> //* FOLLOW HERE. > >> //* INFORMATION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THESE DATASETS IS > >> //* SET USING OPTION 0 (SETTINGS) FROM THE SMP/E PRIMARY > >> //* OPTION PANEL. > >> //* > >> //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > >> //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > >> //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(380,760)) > >> //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(3120,(38,100)) > >> //* > >> //* SMP TEMPORARY WORK DATA SETS > >> //* > >> //SMPWRK1 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > >> // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > >> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > >> //SMPWRK2 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > >> // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > >> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > >> //SMPWRK3 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > >> // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > >> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > >> //SMPWRK4 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > >> // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > >> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=3120) > >> //SMPWRK6 DD UNIT=SYSDA, > >> // SPACE=(3120,(364,380,500)), > >> // DCB=(RECFM=FB,BLKSIZE=3120) > >> //* > >> //* > >> //SMPCNTL DD * > >> SET BOUNDARY (DSN8TRG) > >> . > >> APPLY > >> PTFS > >> BYPASS ( > >> HOLDSYSTEM > >> ( > >> DOC > >> DB2BIND > >> IPL > >> ACTION > >> AO > >> DEP > >> DELETE > >> ) > >> ) > >> JCLINREPORT > >> CHECK > >> EXCLUDE ( > >> UK16725 > >> UK16766 > >> UK17549 > >> UK17614 > >> UK17616 > >> UK17619 > >> UK17786 > >> UK17972 > >> UK18140 > >> UK18173 > >> UK18509 > >> UK18859 > >> UK19013 > >> UK19209 > >> UK19249 > >> UK19337 > >> UK19345 > >> UK19528 > >> UK19578 > >> UK19603 > >> UK20093 > >> UK20531 > >> UK20550 > >> UK20557 > >> UK20696 > >> UK21117 > >> ) > >> GROUPEXTEND > >> RETRY(YES) > >> . > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > >> > >> > >> On Friday, June 14, 2024, 9:19 AM, Steve Beaver > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Upfront - I am not a DB2 SYSPROG, SYSADM, or Programmer > >> > >> > >> > >> I have pulled in and applied DB2 V12 RSU2403. That was the easy part. > >> > >> > >> > >> There are 134 PTF's with HOLD ACTION and that is where trouble is going to > >> > >> Begin. > >> > >> > >> > >> Does anyone have a Home Grown implementation document to help me get > >> > >> Through these 134 PTF's with HOLD. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> Stev > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
