On 5/21/09 2:24 PM, "Hal Schmitigal" <h...@nortel.com> wrote:
I don't know if I qualify as "SES Expert" but here's what I do/know: > 1) A PSP bucket can have a "PTF EXCLUDE LIST". (I am working with > 0901RSU, which in this case the list is empty.) When we order a PSP > bucket for a particular RSU, if there are any PTFs in the EXCLUDE list, > is there somewhere we have to manually enter those PTFs so VMSES/E will > exclude them? Or is there a file, or files, automagically included in > the SERVLINK envelope that has that list? I recall having to manually do > something with an EXCLUDE list in years past, however, that may have > been in the days before VMSES/E. AFAIK, the bucket tape should come with any problem PTFs already excluded, or the necessary magic to do it. I don't remember any case in the last 5 years where I had to manually exclude a PTF that came as part of an IBM service package. > 3) When we order a PSP bucket on IBMLINK using Preventive Service > Planning, it gives you the choice of "order PTFs in the subset include > list" and "order all PTFs (including PTFs for closed APARs) referenced > in the subset". Is there a particular advantage to using either of > these? What is recommended? I used "order all" for 0901RSU. I just "order all". The envelope is bigger, but bits are cheap and easily recycled, and SES will sort out what it wants/needs. Random thought for IBMers: you know, a SES packaging workshop would be a really cool session at a conference. It'd be really neat if someone would walk through how to actually package something as an installable tool that could show up in the software inventory, etc. I'd really like to deliver some of our open source tools in that format.
