So on the Enhanced Holddata in IBM website did you download the 1 year file?

Month   Last 30 days    ~ 100 Kb        Month   ~ 24 Kb         Month.bin       
No
Quarter         Last 90 days    ~ 300 Kb        Quarter         ~ 47 Kb         
Quarter.bin     No
Year    Last 365 days   ~1200 Kb        Year    ~ 200 Kb        Year.bin        
No
Full    Last 730 days   ~2250 Kb        Full    ~ 400 Kb        Full.bin        
YES
YRS3    Last 3 years    n/a *   n/a *   ~600 Kb         YRS3.bin        No

FIXCAT is included on the yearly file.

http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html

Lizette

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Lucas Rosalen
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:13 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: z/OS 2.2 compatibility check for IBM Products
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I used to use
> http://www-969.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/index.html
> for these kind of reports, however it currently looks down to me....
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------------------------------------
> *Lucas Rosalen*
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> 
> 
> 2016-02-01 16:17 GMT+01:00 Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com>:
> 
> > If you have the latest hold data, then you can use FIXCAT to find what
> > you are looking for.
> >
> > A fix category is an identifier used to group and associate PTFs to a
> > particular category of software fixes.  A fix category might be used
> > to identify a group of fixes that are required to support a particular
> > hardware device, or to provide a particular software function, similar
> > to how a preventive service planning bucket (PSP-bucket) identifies a
> > group of PTFs.  Fix categories are supplied to you in the form of
> > SMP/E FIXCAT HOLDDATA statements.  Each FIXCAT HOLDDATA statement
> > associates an APAR and its related fixing PTF to one or more fix categories.
> >
> > During SMP/E RECEIVE command processing, SMP/E translates fix category
> > values into source IDs and assigns them to the resolving (fixing) PTFs
> > identified on the HOLDDATA.  You can then use the fix category values
> > as source IDs when selecting a set of PTFs to be applied.  For
> > example, if you have a z/OS V1.13 target zone named ZOSR13T, you can
> > attempt to install all required coexistence and fallback fixes for
> > z/OS V2.2 that have already been received by using the following command:
> >
> > SET BDY(ZOSR13T).
> >   APPLY SOURCEID(IBM.Coexistence.z/OS.V2R2)
> > CHECK.
> >
> > In addition, the SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX command can be used to
> > identify PTFs for interesting fix categories that are missing in one
> > or more target zones.  In this case only the latest HOLDDATA needs to
> > be received and not the individual resolving PTFs.  For example, using
> > the same zone as described above, you can identify all required
> > coexistence and fallback fixes for z/OS V2.2 that are not yet applied
> > in the ZOSR13T zone by using the following command:
> >
> > SET BDY(GLOBAL).
> >   REPORT MISSINGFIX ZONES(ZOSR13T)
> >     FIXCAT(IBM.Coexistence.z/OS.V2R2).
> >
> > Lizette
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zos reader
> > > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 8:05 AM
> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > Subject: z/OS 2.2 compatibility check for IBM Products
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I am doing my per-works for upgrading z/OS 2.1 to 2.2. before May,
> > >
> > > Few of the Ibm Products are in n-2 and n-3 level, so i planning to
> > > apply
> > PTF's
> > > and proceed my OS upgrade.
> > >
> > > I am looking into the IBM site, but i couldn't find the exact path
> > > that
> > lists
> > > the required PTF's for the IBM Products
> > >
> > > Can anyone have the link or any useful data that would help me more
> > >
> > > Please provide your valuable inputs.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Samat

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