If you have the latest hold data, then you can use FIXCAT to find what you are
looking for.
A fix category is an identifier used to group and associate PTFs to a
particular category of software fixes. A fix category might be used to
identify a group of fixes that are required to support a particular hardware
device, or to provide a particular software function, similar to how a
preventive service planning bucket (PSP-bucket) identifies a group of PTFs.
Fix categories are supplied to you in the form of SMP/E FIXCAT HOLDDATA
statements. Each FIXCAT HOLDDATA statement associates an APAR and its related
fixing PTF to one or more fix categories.
During SMP/E RECEIVE command processing, SMP/E translates fix category values
into source IDs and assigns them to the resolving (fixing) PTFs identified on
the HOLDDATA. You can then use the fix category values as source IDs when
selecting a set of PTFs to be applied. For example, if you have a z/OS V1.13
target zone named ZOSR13T, you can attempt to install all required coexistence
and fallback fixes for z/OS V2.2 that have already been received by using the
following command:
SET BDY(ZOSR13T).
APPLY SOURCEID(IBM.Coexistence.z/OS.V2R2)
CHECK.
In addition, the SMP/E REPORT MISSINGFIX command can be used to identify PTFs
for interesting fix categories that are missing in one or more target zones.
In this case only the latest HOLDDATA needs to be received and not the
individual resolving PTFs. For example, using the same zone as described
above, you can identify all required coexistence and fallback fixes for z/OS
V2.2 that are not yet applied in the ZOSR13T zone by using the following
command:
SET BDY(GLOBAL).
REPORT MISSINGFIX ZONES(ZOSR13T)
FIXCAT(IBM.Coexistence.z/OS.V2R2).
Lizette
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of zos reader
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 8:05 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: z/OS 2.2 compatibility check for IBM Products
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am doing my per-works for upgrading z/OS 2.1 to 2.2. before May,
>
> Few of the Ibm Products are in n-2 and n-3 level, so i planning to apply PTF's
> and proceed my OS upgrade.
>
> I am looking into the IBM site, but i couldn't find the exact path that lists
> the required PTF's for the IBM Products
>
> Can anyone have the link or any useful data that would help me more
>
> Please provide your valuable inputs.
>
> Thanks,
> Samat
>
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