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First installation or upgrade installation of licensed programs and fixes at the central site system using the
AS/400 Road Map for Changing to PowerPC Technology, SA41-5150, and Software Installation
.
The PTF cumulative package is shipped with the IBM CD-ROM distribution media as a separate CD-ROM.
You should load and apply these fixes, using the PTF Shipping Information Letter, before you create your
distribution media. This ensures you distribute the latest level of the licensed programs and that all target
site systems at the same release level have the same fixes applied. If fixes are applied at the central site
system, the target site system does not have to apply fixes.
Fix considerations for an upgrade installation at the central site system are the same as first installation.
The central site system should apply the fixes that come with the release so the latest PTF level is on the
central site system distribution media.
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Individual fixes ordered and received at the central site system.
Individual fixes may be installed between releases, either at the central site system or target site systems.
To control the PTF level of target site systems, you should use the Display PTF (DSPPTF) command. This
ensures the central site system is aware of the PTF level of target site systems.
An individual PTF save file can be distributed to the target site system by doing one of the following:
v Using the object distribution command Send Network File (SNDNETF).
v Copying the PTF save file to media using the Copy Program Temporary Fix (CPYPTF) command.
Note:
The SNDNETF command can only be used if SNA Distribution Services (SNADS) is active on both the
central site system and the target site system.
You can also distribute fixes electronically using the Send PTF (SNDPTF) command. This command is
part of the System Management/400 licensed program.
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Cumulative PTF packages ordered and received from IBM for central site system.
Instructions for installing PTF cumulative packages at the central site system are included with the
cumulative PTF package. To distribute a cumulative package to target site systems:
v Use the Copy PTF (CPYPTF) command to duplicate the PTF package and the printed instructions.
Then send them to the target site system locations for attended installing.
v If you decide to create a tailored media, tailor it to include only the selected items you want to distribute.
How to tailor a fixes media is discussed in Distributing fixes to remote systems.
The tailored fixes media can be distributed to target site systems by doing one of the following:
– Sending the media to the target locations.
– Distributing the media through your distributed system network as save files.
v Load and apply the package at the central site system. Then use option 40 (Create a distribution media)
on the GO LICPGM menu to distribute the licensed programs with fixes applied to target site systems.
v If the central site system received fixes on media and wants to distribute the fixes using object
distribution, use the Copy PTF (CPYPTF) command to copy the fixes to a save file. For more
information about handling fixes, see Distributing fixes to remote systems.
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