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The VMPTFS command displays the status of Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) for a deployment.
The VMPTFS command has the following syntax:
VMPTFS name [* | ptfid1 [ptfidn]...] [( FILE [filename]]
Definitions
- name
Specifies the user ID of the server machine for a server based product, or a unique name for a utility product. - *
Specifies that all PTFs for a specific deployment are displayed in the report. This is the default value. - ptfid1 [ptfidn] ...
Specifies that a specific PTF or a named set of PTFs are displayed in the report. - FILE [filename]
Requests that the report be written to a file. If filename is specified, the report is written to filename PTFS A. If filename is omitted, the report is written to name PTFS A.
Description
This tool generates a report on the status of all PTFs or a specific set of PTFs for the named deployment. The report displays a timestamp for a PTF reception by VMFREC, the application by VMFAPPLY, and the deployment by VMDEPLOY.
Here is an example report for a VMTAPE deployment:
vmptfs vmtape ZVMT020A: CA VM:Tape (TM) Version 02.0 PTF: RO32943 RECEIVED 02/22/YY 15:30:55 APPLIED 02/22/YY 15:30:56 DEPLOYED 02/22/YY 15:33:03 TESTCP5.VMTAPE.PRIMARY PTF: RO33186 RECEIVED 02/22/YY 15:24:01 APPLIED 02/22/YY 15:24:02 DEPLOYED 02/22/YY 15:33:03 TESTCP5.VMTAPE.PRIMARY DEPLOYED 02/22/YY 15:25:35 TESTCP5.VMTAPE.ALTERNATE Ready;
The DEPLOYED lines show each unique combination of node name, deployment name, and deployment area name.