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<title>Clean up fixes</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Clean up fixes</h1>
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<div><p>If you are running out of storage space on your system, it might
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be time to delete your save files and cover letters.</p>
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<div class="section">Over time, save files and cover letters for fixes tend to accumulate. <span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />After you have permanently installed a fix and performed a SAVSYS
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operation, you might want to delete the fix save file and cover <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span>letter
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if you do not need to distribute it to another system and if you are satisfied
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that the fix is not defective. Once a fix has been permanently installed and
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the save file is deleted, all information about the fix except the status
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information is also deleted. By deleting the save file, you can make more
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room on your system for other files.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam8fix1.htm" title="Keep your operating system and other software current with fixes (or program temporary fixes, PTFs). Fixes play an important part in your system's maintenance strategy. Your maintenance strategy can reduce system downtime, add functionality, and provide optimal availability.">Use software fixes</a></div>
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</div><div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="deletsavefilsiseriesnav"><a name="deletsavefilsiseriesnav"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Delete save files with <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span></h2>
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<div><div class="section"><span class="keyword">iSeries™ Navigator</span> provides
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you with a way to delete save files and cover letters for fixes that are no
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longer needed. To clean up your save files and cover letters, follow these
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steps:</div>
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<ol><li><span>In <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span>, expand <span class="uicontrol">Management
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Central</span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">Endpoint Systems</span> or <span class="uicontrol">System
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Groups</span> from the tree hierarchy. This action allows you to select
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one or more systems from the right pane.</span></li>
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<li><span>Right-click the system or systems on which you want to perform
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the action, select <span class="uicontrol">Fixes</span>, and then select <span class="uicontrol">Clean
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Up</span>.</span></li>
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<li><span>Make your selection with regard to cleaning up all save files and
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cover letters. You can choose to perform the task against all fixes (for all
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products), all fixes for a particular product, or for selected fixes.</span></li>
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<li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> or <span class="uicontrol">Schedule</span> to
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submit the task.</span></li>
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</ol>
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<div class="section"><p><span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> provides
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more than one path to clean up fixes. See the detailed help that is available
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from the <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> window
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for a complete list of all those paths. Just click <span class="uicontrol">Help</span> from
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the menu bar and select <span class="uicontrol">Help Topics</span>. Select <span class="uicontrol">What
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can I do with . . .?</span> to find out what you can do and where you
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need to be in the <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> window
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to make it happen.</p>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="deletsavefiledltptfcmd"><a name="deletsavefiledltptfcmd"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Delete save files with the DLTPTF command</h2>
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<div><div class="section"><p>From the character-based interface, use the Delete Program Temporary
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Fix (DLTPTF) command to delete PTF save files and cover letters. Do not use
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the Delete File (DLTF) command to delete PTF save files. If you use the DLTF
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command, the PTF function will not detect that you deleted the save file.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Fix
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save files and cover letters for a previous release are removed during automatic
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cleanup if system logs are specified.</div>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="cleanupptfgroups"><a name="cleanupptfgroups"><!-- --></a><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><h2 class="topictitle2">Clean up PTF groups</h2>
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<div><div class="section"><p>If you follow a PTF maintenance strategy, you normally will have
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several PTF groups stored on your system. The system keeps only the latest
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level of a PTF group on the system and never automatically deletes any PTF
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group. Therefore, when you upgrade to a new release of the <span class="keyword">IBM<sup>®</sup> i5/OS™</span> operating
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system, you need to manually delete PTF groups from previous releases that
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you no longer need.</p>
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<p>To delete a PTF group, follow these steps:</p>
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<ol><li>Use the Work with PTF Groups (WRKPTFGRP) command.</li>
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<li>Select option 4 next to each PTF group that you want to delete. </li>
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</ol>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Deleting a PTF group deletes only the PTF group information
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from the system. It does not delete or remove any PTFs from the system or
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any related PTF groups that are defined in the PTF group.</div>
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