I'm curious as to which PTF. It's been a long time since I've seen more than three or maybe four APARs bundled into a single fix for a core operating system component. One APAR per PTF is 'standard', two not infrequent. But 13? Really?
What I suspect is that a chain of PTFs was blocked by a PE somewhere along the line. That's not a rare event. At any given time, there are lots of PEs in the maintenance stream, and any PTF that depends (PRE, REQ) directly or indirectly on a held sysmod will not install unless explicit action is taken get around it. There are generally two ways around a PE: - BYPASS the PE APAR. Very dangerous, not to be undertaken without explicit instruction from Support Center, and even then it's risky business. Prepare your explanation in advance in case you're called on the carpet. - Obtain a fixtest for the PE APAR. Safer by far than BYPASS, but you're still taking a chance that the early fix code is not solid. A step not to be taken lightly, but it's not illegitimate, just dicey. All of this depends on knowing that some heroic action is required. I very seldom do anything extraordinary in this regard. If a PTF is held, I let it--and any dependents--sit on ice until the PE is resolved by an official PTF. I'm hard put to recall a situation like the one implied, where a serious problem results from the inability to install a HIPER PTF that was held up by a PE chain. The situation is certainly possible, just not highly likely in actual practice. Are you feeling lucky today? Be sure to count the shots. . . JO.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 02/06/2007 01:11 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Basic SMP/E question Our service provider missed on a critcal PTF (cross memory services), because it was bundled, in an APAR, with 13 others, of which some were PE'd. That is their explanation. Since (and I admit it) I have not had the pleasure of working with SMP/E, I do not know: 1. Is their explanation valid? Is it all or nothing? 2. Or, can they apply them (easily) individually? Enquiring minds need to know! They have impacted our schedule for getting through z/OS, IMS and DB2 migrations this year, because we have only so many weekends to do these conversions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
