Installing fixes received as save files

Fixes are either sent to your system over the electronic customer support service link or they are received on distribution media such as CD-ROM, depending on the size and number of fixes that you ordered. Use this information to understand how to install IBM® i fixes that are received as save files.

If the fixes are sent over the electronic customer support service link, you can select to receive them as save files or as images. If you receive them as save files, they are stored in library QGPL. You can use either IBM Navigator for i or the GO PTF menu to install fixes that you received as save files. For fixes received as images, refer to Installing IBM i fixes from an image catalog.

Note: If you receive PTF save files by any other method, you can use either the Update PTF Information (UPDPTFINF) command or the Log Program Temporary Fix Information (QPZLOGFX) API to log the fix information. The fix information must be logged to install the fix or distribute it to remote systems.

Installing fixes with IBM Navigator for i

To install fixes, follow below steps:

  1. In IBM Navigator for i, expand IBM i Management > Configuration and Service.
  2. Expand All Tasks > Program Temporary Fix and select Install PTFs, or navigate to a fix you want to install, right-click and select Load then Apply.

Installing fixes with GO PTF menu

  1. Type GO PTF on any command line.
  2. Select option 8 (Install program temporary fix package) on the Program Temporary Fix (PTF) display. The Install Options for Program Temporary Fixes display is shown.
    • Type *SERVICE for the device.
    • If you do not want to install certain fixes, you can omit them by using the procedure identified in the Installing cumulative PTF packages topic.

Notes

  • You must be running on the B storage area to use any temporarily applied Licensed Internal Code fixes. Temporarily applied Licensed Internal Code fixes can be applied permanently (copied to the A storage area). To permanently apply delayed or immediate Licensed Internal Code fixes, you must be running from the B storage area. These fixes can be permanently applied without an IPL.
  • When running on the A storage area, the system will automatically apply the Licensed Internal Code fixes immediately. For Licensed Internal Code fixes that will be applied immediately without an IPL, you can find more information in the Advanced fix installation: Applying fixes.
  • For immediate IBM i fixes that will be applied immediately without an IPL (initial program load), see the instructions in Advanced fix installation: Applying Licensed Internal Code fixes without an IPL.
  • To prevent someone from unintentionally performing an IPL on your system when using the GO PTF option 7 or option 8, use the Change Service Attributes (CHGSRVA) command. Specify *DLYALL for the PTFINSTYPE parameter to override the Automatic IPL field and the Apply type field on the GO PTF option 7 and option 8.