Unmarking PTFs from Applying at IPL Time

Note: You will want to make sure the following PTFs are applied before unmarking PTFs:
For R710: MF61435
For R720: MF61445
For R730: MF61446
These will prevent a potential crash of the system.

Unmarking PTFs from Applying at IPL Time

In some circumstances, users can find that they have a bunch of PTFs marked to be applied at IPL time and they want to do some additional PTF activity or they just want to have the system IPL without applying any PTFs. In these scenarios, the question usually asked is:

When PTFs are set to be applied at IPL time, is there an easy way to unmark the PTFs so they do not apply?

To properly set all PTFs to not apply at the next IPL, on the IBM operating system command line type the following:

APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*ALL) APY(*TEMP) DELAYED(*YES) IPLAPY(*NO)

Press the Enter key. This will unmark all PTFs that were once marked to be TEMP applied at IPL time. Now, to ensure that all PTFs get unmarked, it is necessary to unmark all PTFs that were once marked to be PERM applied by doing the following:

APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*ALL) APY(*PERM) DELAYED(*YES) IPLAPY(*NO)

Press the Enter key.

Note: If there were no PTFs marked to be PERM applied, message CPF3660 - No program temporary fixes identified can be issued. At this point, the command DSPPTF will show that there are now no PTFs marked to be applied at IPL (when looking at the IPL Action column):

Product ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   5722999                      
IPL source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   ##MACH#B                      
Release of base option  . . . . . . . :   V5R3M0 L00                    
                                                                       
                                                                       
Type options, press Enter.                                              
  5=Display PTF details   6=Print cover letter   8=Display cover letter
                                                                       
     PTF                                                   IPL          
Opt  ID       Status                                       Action      
     TL05207  Not Applied                                  None        
     TL05102  Permanently applied                          None        
     TL05032  Permanently applied                          None        
     TL04272  Permanently applied                          None        
     TL04209  Superseded                                   None        
     TL04153  Superseded                                   None  

Note:  If there are special handling PTFs that need to be applied prior to applying a cumulative PTF package and are currently loaded on the system and are being unmarked they will still be applied at the next IPL. This is because of how the PTF code is designed deal with the automatic application of those PTFs.


Marking PTFs to Apply at IPL Time

This section provides the step to successfully mark or remark all PTFs to be applied at IPL time. To set all PTFs to apply at IPL time, on the operating system command line type the following:

APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) DELAYED(*YES) IPLAPY(*YES)

Press the Enter key. This command will mark all PTFs to be TEMP applied at IPL time. Also, any pre-requisite PTFs that must be PERM applied will automatically be marked to be PERM applied at IPL time during this step.
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