Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:25:24 -0400, Tim Brown wrote:
Is the month.txt file for smp/e holddata on the ibm ftp site
the current file one should get prior to an apply.
What is the full.txt for.
From the URL you cited yesterday:
Linkname: IBM Enhanced HOLDDATA for z/OS and OS/390
URL: http://service.software.ibm.com/holdata/390holddata.html
Download the file that will overlap the time from your last update of
Enhanced
HOLDDATA. Receiving the same HOLDDATA again causes no problems, but missing
HOLDDATA
may result in installation of a known PE and thus impact system
availability. Always
select a time period long enough to overlap your last update (i.e. if you
are unsure
whether to pick the month or quarter file, pick the quarter file).
To identify your last update of Enhanced HOLDDATA, check the production
date of your
last service deliverable that included Enhanced HOLDDATA, the date of your
last
electronic Enhanced HOLDDATA update, the comments in the header of your
last Enhanced
HOLDDATA file, or list your already-received HOLDDATA.
<snip>
It's much simpler to follow Mark's suggestion. Always get the whole
thing--that is, always get the full.txt file. It's just not that much
data (about 2.2M untersed), and it relieves you of having to figure out
when you got it last as long as you get it more often than once every
731 days.
You can also use RECEIVE ORDER if your z/OS system can connect to IBM,
so you single-source your PTFs and HOLDDATA and get them both in one shot.
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
[email protected]
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