So, am I wrong thinking that I often saw a single PTF for GCS on the RSU, a PTF that brings the service level of GCS to the RSU level. After which I normally decide not to rebuild GCS...
-- Sir Kris The Guide, IBM Belgium, VM customer support 2007/8/18, Dale R. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Phillip, you are getting confused between the individual VM component RSU > > service levels and the overall "tape" RSU level. The VM tape RSU contain > s > service for all of the components of VM and the RSU level is defined in > > the format: "yynn". Where "yy" is the last two digits of the year > and "nn" is the number of the tape for that year. In your case, > RSU "0601" is/was the first RSU tape created in 2006. The VM components > > RSU service levels are in the format: "rrnn". Where "rr" is the VM > release number and "nn" is the service level number for that component. > > In your case, you are running z/VM 4.4.0, so your release number is "04" > > and your service level for CP is "03", the third RSU for CP that had any > > maintenance. An important thing to remember is that not all components > > have new service on a new RSU tape. For example, the GCS component rarel > y > has RSU maintenance, so while you might order a newer VM RSU tape, GCS > > might stay at the same internal service level. For example, lets say GCS > > is at service level "0401" on RSU tape 0601. There is a very good chance > > that on RSU tape 0701, GCS will still be at service level "0401", since i > t > probably will not have any maintenance applied. IIRC, the VMFPSU command > > will tell you what service level each of the components on the RSU tape i > s > at and if you need to apply maintenence for that component. > > Hope this information is helpful to you. > > -- > Dale R. Smith > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:09:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Q CPLEVEL still reports 403 ... ? > > > >Also, I am still puzzled about whether this service is really on or not > >because > >NETSTAT LEVEL > >reports this: > > > >VM TCP/IP Netstat Level 440 > > > >IBM 2086; z/VM Version 4 Release 4.0, service level 0403 (64-bit), VM > >TCP/IP Lev > >el 440; RSU 0401 running TCPIP MODULE E1 dated 01/12/06 at 14:51 > > > >but the documentation that came with the RSU tapes says it should be LVL > > >0601 > > > >is there another step that i am missing? > > > >prg > > > >Phillip Gramly > >Systems Programmer > >Communications Data Group > >Champaign, IL >
