.FO OFF IBM i PTF Shipping Information Letter IBM i CUMULATIVE PTF PACKAGE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SF99740 Level 24319 PACKAGE ID: C4319740 VERSION 7 RELEASE 4.0 Cumulative PTF Package Instructions Last Updated: 11/22/2024 Note: Online copy of this document is the latest version. Any printed copy should be assumed to be obsolete and not used unless the date of last update is verified to match that shown on the online version. The information contained in this document was current at the time this cumulative PTF package was made available. We recommend you get the most current information (including a more detailed installation instructions version if desired) which can be found via the following URL: https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SF99740 PSP SF98740 lists HIPER PTFs not included in this cumulative PTF package and any defective PTFs identified since this package was released. You will receive the cumulative PTF package in one of three different formats: * Electronically downloaded as individual PTF save files * Electronically downloaded as optical image files * Physical optical media (when it cannot be downloaded electronically) The installation instructions contained in this document will guide you through the install steps needed for each format. REVIEW PTF COVER LETTERS As with any PTF order, before you install the PTFs you should review the cover letter of each delivered PTF for any special instructions that may need to be followed. When you ordered your cumulative PTF package, you were automatically sent the latest HIPER and Database PTF groups along with the cumulative PTF package. You should review the cover letters for the PTFs in these groups that are applicable to your system. The commands needed for copying and printing (or displaying) the PTF cover letter(s) are included below. 1. COPYING PTF COVER LETTERS: * Mount the PTF media and sign on using a security officer user profile such as QSECOFR. * To copy all cover letters from media onto the system for PTFs that are not already applied to your system, enter the following command: CPYPTFCVR DEV(device_name) LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY) * To copy a specific cover letter from media onto the system, enter the following command: CPYPTFCVR DEV(device_name) LICPGM(product_id) SELECT(ptf_id) 2. DISPLAYING OR PRINTING PTF COVER LETTERS: * The PTF cover letters must be copied from the media first before they can be displayed or printed. * To display or print cover letters for all PTFs that are currently not applied on your system, enter one of the following commands: DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY) DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*NOTAPY) OUTPUT(*PRINT) Note: You can also specify CVRATR(*SPCINST) on the DSPPTFCVR command to view all cover letters that have special instructions. * To display or print a specific cover letter, enter one of the following commands: DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(product_id) SELECT(ptf_id) DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(product_id) SELECT(ptf_id) OUTPUT(*PRINT) * PTF TC24319 is the Cumulative PTF package cover letter and contains a list of all PTFs contained in this cumulative PTF package. To display the Cumulative PTF package cover letter, enter one of the following commands: DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(5770SS1) SELECT(TC24319) DSPPTFCVR LICPGM(5770SS1) SELECT(TC24319) OUTPUT(*PRINT) 3. You can also review the special instructions for PTFs in the cumulative package or groups in a convenient format online: * Cumulative package: https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=C4319740 * HIPER PTF group: https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SF99739 * Database PTF group: https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/fix-information?legacy=SF99704 READ THIS FIRST 1. Failure to follow these instructions may result in failure of your system to operate. Follow the directions carefully every time you install a cumulative PTF package. 2. Cumulative PTF packages must be installed delayed for proper PTF installation. Do NOT use any immediate apply install options to install this package; otherwise, unpredictable results may occur. 3. Vital PTF information: Application of PTFs within this cumulative PTF package may disable or render ineffective programs that use system memory addresses not generated by the IBM® translator, including programs that circumvent control technology designed to limit interactive capacity to purchased levels. These PTFs may be prerequisites for future PTFs. By applying these PTFs you authorize and agree to the foregoing. 4. Each of these PTFs is subject to the terms of the license agreement which accompanied, or was contained in, the Program for which you are obtaining such PTF. You are not authorized to install or use any such PTF except as part of the Program for which you have a valid Proof of Entitlement. SUBJECT TO ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CAN NOT BE EXCLUDED OR EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY AGREED TO IN THE APPLICABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT OR AN APPLICABLE SUPPORT AGREEMENT, IBM MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON INFRINGEMENT, REGARDING EACH PTF. The applicable license agreement may have been provided to you in printed form and/or may be viewed using the Work with Software Agreements (WRKSFWAGR) CL command. 5. Attention Content Manager OnDemand - 5770RD1 - Users. If you have Content Manager OnDemand - 5770RD1 - installed, please see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/404923 for any important special instructions. 6. If you received this cumulative PTF package as physical optical media, it is strongly recommended that you create an image catalog from the media and perform the PTF install from a virtual optical device. This may avoid multiple IPLs during the PTF installation. 7. The approximate install time for this cumulative PTF package is one hour. 8. You should have a current backup of your system before applying this package. If you have backed up your system since the last time you applied PTFs, that backup is acceptable. 9. If you are running on the A storage area, perform a normal IPL from the B IPL source. To determine the storage area you are running from, type DSPPTF 5770999 and press Enter. On the Display PTF Status display, the storage area is identified in the IPL source field. ##MACH#A is the A storage area and ##MACH#B is the B storage area. 10. IMPORTANT: Permanently apply any temporarily applied Licensed Internal Code PTFs on your partition before installing this cumulative PTF package: APYPTF LICPGM(5770999) SELECT(*ALL) APY(*PERM) 11. Be sure the IPL mode is set to Normal and sign on using a security officer user profile such as QSECOFR. 12. DO NOT cancel any of the steps once they are started. Allow each step to complete normally. 13. Select the appropriate INSTALL steps below based on the format in which you received the cumulative PTF package. 14. The PTF install processing will automatically pre-apply the following PTFs when applicable: 5770999-MF71387, 5770999-MF67819, 5770999-MF66517, 5770999-MF71394, 5770SS1-SI76780, 5770SS1-SI82606, 5770SS1-SI85036 and 5770SS1-SI85061. NOTE: PTFs that need to be manually pre-applied are listed elsewhere in this READ THIS FIRST section. 15. If you have changed defaults to any IBM commands using the CHGCMDDFT command, application of this PTF package will change the command defaults back to the shipped values for any commands included in this PTF package. This can cause commands to behave differently after applying PTFs. IBM recommends that any time you change a command default for a command in an IBM library, you keep the CHGCMDDFT commands in a CL program, and run that program after you apply PTFs to reapply your customized command defaults. 16. If you already have PTF 5770999-MF99301 installed, or if you are running a stand-alone system or you run with multiple partitions which are HMC managed, the following document can be ignored. Otherwise, to prevent a potential C6003962 IPL hang while applying PTF MF99301, please review the following document before installing this Cumulative package: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1137502 17. If the WRKPTFGRP command shows any PTF groups with a status of "Apply at next IPL", it is recommended that you IPL to complete the PTF install prior to installing this cumulative PTF package. 18. If your system uses a LAN Console, it is recommended that you order and install PTF 5770999-MF68103 or a later supersede prior to installing this package. 19. If your partition has IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i (5770-JS1) installed, run the following command before installing this package: CHGDTAARA DTAARA(QUSRIJS/QIJSPM (246 1)) VALUE('1') This will prevent unnecessary inquiry messages in the SCPF job log that could hang the install when certain System Reply List entries have been customized with an 'R' reply. 20. Attention Backup Recovery Solutions customers: This package only contains 5770BR2 PTFs (none for 5770BR1). If you have 5770BR1 installed on your system, it is recommended that any additional 5770BR1 PTFs (individually or from the group) be applied immediate. The 5770BR1 PTF exit program performs SQL operations which can cause unexpected delays and results if the 5770BR1 PTF is applied delayed at the same time as DB related PTFs. 5770BR2 is not affected by this issue. INSTALL FROM *SERVICE If you received the cumulative PTF package electronically as individual PTF save files, refer to the INSTALL FROM *SERVICE section in the detailed installation instructions. INSTALL FROM OPTICAL IMAGE FILES Use these steps when you ordered and received the cumulative PTF package electronically as optical image files: 1. Create your image catalog and add the image files to the catalog. For information on how to create an image catalog refer to the IBM Knowledge Center: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/rzam8/rzam8fixinstallimage.htm (IBM i 7.4>IBM i and related software>Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software>Using software fixes>Installing fixes>Step 3: Choosing your fix installation scenario>Installing IBM i fixes from an image catalog). 2. Load the image catalog into the virtual optical device using the following command: LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DEV(OPTVRTxx) OPTION(*LOAD) 3. Type GO PTF and press the Enter key. 4. Take menu option 8 and press the Enter key. 5. If the Continue PTF Install display is shown, press the Enter key. 6. Review the appropriate options and notes which follow, below, then complete the Install Options for Program Temporary Fixes screen and press the Enter key. Device . . . . . . OPTVRTxx (for example, OPTVRT01) Automatic IPL . . Y = Yes or N = No Prompt for media . 1 or 3 Restart type . . . *SYS Other options . . Y = Yes Note: If you have received individual and/or PTF groups as save files that you want to install at the same time as the cumulative PTF package, type 3 in the Prompt for media field. 7. Review the appropriate options and notes which follow, below, then complete the Other Install Options screen and press the Enter key. Omit PTFs . . N = No or Y = Yes Apply type . . 1 = Set all PTFs delayed PTF type . . . 1 = All PTFs Copy PTFs . . N = No or Y = Yes Note: If you want to copy PTF save files and cover letters into *SERVICE for PTFs that are not already applied, enter a Y (Yes) in the Copy PTFs field. Otherwise, enter a N (No) and PTF save files and cover letters will not be copied. Note: Depending on the previous options specified, some fields above may not be shown. Note: If you have PTFs to omit, type Y in the Other Options field and follow the directions on the displays which follow. Refer to Appendix A in the detailed installation instructions section on omitting PTFs. 8. The display shows the licensed programs for which PTFs are being loaded. All volumes that are loaded in the image catalog are automatically processed. 9. Continue with the COMPLETE THE INSTALL PROCESS section. INSTALL FROM OPTICAL MEDIA Use these steps when you ordered and received the cumulative PTF package as physical optical media: 1. Enter the following command and press the Enter key. CHGMSGQ QSYSOPR *BREAK SEV(70) This step ensures a break message will appear if the system determines you should mount the next volume. IMPORTANT—If there are no PTFs on the other volumes that are applicable to your system, the system will not prompt you for the other volumes. 2. Ensure volume one of the cumulative PTF package media, labeled C4319740_01, is loaded in the appropriate drive for the media you are using. 3. Type GO PTF and press the Enter key. 4. Take menu option 8 and press the Enter key. 5. If the Continue PTF Install display is shown, press the Enter key. 6. Review the appropriate options and notes which follow, below, then complete the Install Options for Program Temporary Fixes screen and press the Enter key. Device . . . . . . OPTxx (for example, OPT01) Automatic IPL . . Y = Yes or N = No Prompt for media . 2 or 3 Restart type . . . *SYS Other options . . Y = Yes Note: Enter a 2 in the Prompt for media field in order to install the HIPER and Database PTF groups along with your cumulative PTF package. If you have received individual and/or PTF groups as save files that you want to install at the same time as the cumulative PTF package, type 3 in the Prompt for media field. 7. Review the appropriate options and notes which follow, below, then complete the Other Install Options screen and press the Enter key. Omit PTFs . . N = No or Y = Yes Apply type . . 1 = Set all PTFs delayed PTF type . . . 1 = All PTFs Copy PTFs . . N = No or Y = Yes Note: If you want to copy PTF save files and cover letters into *SERVICE for PTFs that are not already applied, enter a Y (Yes) in the Copy PTFs field. Otherwise, enter a N (No) and PTF save files and cover letters will not be copied. Note: Depending on the previous options specified, some fields above may not be shown. Note: If you have PTFs to omit, type Y in the Other Options field and follow the directions on the displays which follow. Refer to Appendix A in the detailed installation instructions section on omitting PTFs. 8. The display shows the licensed programs for which PTFs are being loaded. 8.a. After each volume is processed, you will receive a message to mount the next volume. Load the volume indicated and use the G option to continue. 8.b. After all the applicable volumes for the cumulative PTF package have been processed, you will automatically be prompted to mount the first volume of the next media set in order to install the HIPER and Database PTF groups. Mount the first volume in the set and use the G option to continue. 8.c. Continue mounting any additional volumes. When all your volume sets have been processed, use the X option to complete the PTF installation. Note: If there are volumes that contain PTFs that are not applicable to your system, the system will not prompt you to mount those volumes. 9. Continue with the COMPLETE THE INSTALL PROCESS section. COMPLETE THE INSTALL PROCESS Use these steps to complete the install process. 1. If the Confirm IPL to Complete PTF Install display is shown: 1.a. End all jobs on the system and perform a normal mode IPL to the B IPL source. If you are installing from optical image files, do not delete the image catalog until after the next normal IPL completes. 1.b. When the Sign On display is shown, continue with step 4. 2. If the Confirm IPL for Technology Refresh PTFs display is shown: 2.a. Press F10 to end all jobs on the system and IPL the system. Note: If an IPL cannot be performed right away, press F12 to Cancel the process. Schedule to IPL the system at the earliest convenience. 2.b. When the Sign On display is shown, if you are installing from optical media, go back and start the installation of this cumulative PTF package again. (The next time through these instructions, you will not get this display.) Start again with STEP 1 of INSTALL FROM OPTICAL MEDIA section. If you installed from *SERVICE or optical image files, continue with step 4. 3. If you entered a Y (Yes) for the Automatic IPL option, the system will be IPLed automatically. If you entered N (No) for the Automatic IPL field, you must use the following command when you are ready to activate the fixes: PWRDWNSYS OPTION(*IMMED) RESTART(*YES) IPLSRC(B) 4. After the IPL completes, use the following procedure to verify the cumulative PTF package was properly installed: 4.a. Sign on using a security officer user profile such as QSECOFR. 4.b. Type WRKPTFGRP SF99740 on any command line. 4.c. If the Status field is "Installed" and the Level field is "24319", continue with step 5, otherwise, continue with step 4.d. 4.d. Type GO LICPGM on any command line. 4.e. Press the Enter key. The Work with Licensed Programs display is shown. 4.f. Select option 50. 4.g. Press the Enter key. The Install History display is shown. 4.h. Press the Enter key. The Display History Log Contents display appears. * If the cumulative PTF package was installed successfully, you will see messages indicating the applying of PTFs completed. Continue with step 5. * If the cumulative PTF package was not installed successfully, you will see messages indicating the applying of PTFs failed. Contact your provider of software service for assistance. * If the previous IPL was abnormal, only PTFs for the Licensed Internal Code will be applied (5770999). You can check if the previous IPL was abnormal by typing the following command: DSPSYSVAL SYSVAL(QABNORMSW) If the IPL was abnormal and you are installing this package immediately after a system install, perform the IPL again to apply the remaining PTFs. 5. You can resume normal system operation at this time. You should back up your system again at your earliest convenience. If you have comments or concerns with cumulative PTF packages, contact your provider of software service.