Fix status descriptions using iSeries Navigator

 

iSeries™ Navigator provides a fix management function through Management Central to view the fix statuses.

The fix management function allows you to manage your fixes and fix groups with a graphical user interface. While many of the statuses are the same as those shown by the Display PTF (DSPPTF) command, some statuses are different. The following tables describe the fix and fix group statuses that are available in Management Central. For those statuses that end with the words action pending, the status represents either the ACN or PND suffixes that you find in the corresponding status description for the same fix when you use the DSPPTF command. The corresponding DSPPTF status is included in the table for those of you who are more familiar with the character-based interface but are now using iSeries Navigator.

Table 1. Status for single fixes

Management Central status	Description	DSPPTF status
Available	The fix is ready to install on the local system. It can exist as a save file, or it either was loaded (by using the LODPTF command) but not applied (by using the APYPTF command), or has been temporarily removed. To distribute the fix to other systems, the save file must exist on the system.	Save file only or Not applied
Cover letter	The cover letter for the fix is on the system, but the fix is not on the system.	Cover letter only
Damaged	The fix is damaged. If you have the save file, you can uninstall or install the fix again. If you do not have the save file, get the save file and install or uninstall the fix again.	Damaged
Install at next restart	The fix will be installed the next time the system is restarted.	Not applied with IPL action set to Yes
Install permanently at next restart	The fix will be installed permanently the next time the system is restarted.	Temporarily applied with IPL action set to Yes or Not applied with IPL action set to Yes
Installed	The fix is installed. You can either uninstall it from the system or install it permanently. The fix is not a permanent part of the system.	Temporarily applied
Installed permanently	The fix is installed permanently. You cannot uninstall it. Permanently installing a fix means that you can no longer revert to the old objects. The fix is now a permanent part of the system.	Permanently applied
Installed permanently - action pending	The fix is installed permanently, but you need to perform an action before the fix is active. Look at the cover letter to determine the required actions. If you have done the actions necessary to make the fix active, you do not have to restart the system at this time. The action pending status will be updated the next time that the system is started.	Permanently applied - PND or Permanently applied - ACN
Installed - action pending	Indicates that the fix is installed, but that you need to perform an action before the fix is active. Look at the cover letter to determine the required actions. If you have done the actions necessary to make the fix active, you do not have to restart the system at this time. The action pending status will be updated the next time that the system is started.	Temporarily applied - PND or Temporarily applied - ACN
On order	The fix has been ordered but has not yet arrived on the system.	On order
Superseded	A later fix exists on the system, but it may not be applied.	Superseded
Supported only	The fix exists on the system as a save file but cannot be installed on the system. A supported only fix can only be distributed to and installed on other systems.	Save file only
Uninstall at next restart	The fix will be uninstalled the next time the system is restarted.	Temporarily applied with IPL action of Yes or Not applied with IPL action of Yes
Uninstall permanently at next restart	The fix is installed or available and will be uninstalled permanently the next time the system is restarted.	Temporarily applied with IPL action of Yes or Not applied with IPL action of Yes
Uninstalled permanently - action pending	The fix is uninstalled permanently, but you need to perform an action before the fix is no longer active. Look at the cover letter to determine the required actions. If you have done the actions necessary, you do not have to restart the system at this time. The action pending status will be updated the next time that the system is started.	Permanently removed - PND or Permanently removed - ACN
Uninstalled - action pending	Indicates that the fix is uninstalled, but that you need to perform an action before the fix is no longer active. Look at the cover letter to determine the required actions. If you have done the actions necessary, you do not have to restart the system at this time. The action pending status will be updated the next time that the system is started.	Temporarily removed - PND or Temporarily removed - ACN

Table 2. Status for fix groups

Management Central status	Description	WRKPTFGRP status
Not applicable	All fixes that are identified by the fix group and all its related fix groups are for products that are not installed and not supported on this system. No actions for the identified fixes are available.	Not applicable
Supported only	No fixes that are identified by the fix group or any of its related fix groups are for products that are installed on this system. However, at least one fix is for a product, release, option, and load ID that is supported on this system.	Supported only
Not installed	At least one fix that is identified by the fix group or at least one of its related fix groups is for a product that is installed on this system, and neither the fix nor a superseding fix is installed or permanently installed.	Not installed
Installed	All the fixes that are identified by the fix group or any of its related fix groups for a product that is installed on this system are installed, permanently installed, or superseded. If a fix is superseded, the superseding fix is either installed or permanently installed.	Installed
Error	The fix group information is in error. Either delete the fix group with the Work with PTF Group (WRKPTFGRP) command or replace the fix group information that is currently on the system.	Error
Not found	Indicates that the related fix group identified by the fix group that you are displaying properties for is not found on the system. This status is shown only when you are viewing the properties of a related fix group. You will not see this status when you view the fixes inventory.	Not found
Unknown	The fix group status cannot be resolved because the fix group identifies one or more related fix groups that either are not found on the system or are in error. No actions for the identified fixes are available because the action will not succeed for all of the fixes identified by the fix group.	Unknown

 

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