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<h1 class="topictitle1">Display PTF information with the character-based interface</h1>
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<div><p>Use the character-based interface to view the status descriptions
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for your fixes.</p>
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<div class="section">You can manage your PTFs with the options available from the GO PTF
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menu. Option 5 (Display Program Temporary Fix) shows you the status of your
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PTFs. In addition to the status of a PTF, you can also find out general information
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about a PTF.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam8fixdisplayinfo1.htm" title="Use this topic to find out more about what each fix status and inventory means in your environment.">Display fixes information on your server</a></div>
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</div><div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="displayptfstatusinfo"><a name="displayptfstatusinfo"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Displaying PTF status information</h2>
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<div><div class="section">To determine the status of the PTFs for products that are installed
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and supported on your system, do the following:</div>
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<ol><li><span>Type DSPPTF and press F4 (Prompt).</span></li>
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<li><span>Specify the licensed program number and fix identifier for the
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product (LICPGM) parameter and for the fix numbers to select (SELECT) parameter.
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If you want to see the status for all the products on the system, specify
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*ALL for both parameters and press Enter until all the licensed programs are
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displayed.</span></li>
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<li><span>The Display Program Temporary Fix display shows the action that
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will be taken for a fix at the next unattended IPL (initial program load).</span></li>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="displayingptfdetails"><a name="displayingptfdetails"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Displaying PTF details</h2>
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<div><div class="section">In addition to the status of a PTF, you can find out general information
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about a fix by doing the following:</div>
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<ol><li><span>On any command line, type <kbd class="userinput">DSPPTF</kbd>. The display
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PTF Status display appears.</span></li>
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<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><span>Select the specific fix that you want to display and
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then select Option 5 (Display PTF details). The Display PTF menu appears.</span><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li><span>Select Option 1 (General information). The General information
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display appears.</span></li>
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</ol>
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<div class="section"><p>The following table describes each field on the General information
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display:</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" id="d0e66">Field</th>
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<th valign="top" id="d0e68">Description</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">On order</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether the fix is on order. Yes indicates that the fix is
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on order, but may or may not be on the system. No indicates that the fix is
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not ordered.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">PTF save file</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether a save file exists for the fix.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">PTF status</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the current status of the fix. The fix status field on the
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Display information display may differ from the Status field on the Display
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PTF status display for several reasons: <ul><li>If there has been a change in status since the Display PTF Status display
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is shown, the General information display shows the updated status.</li>
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<li>The Status field on the Display PTF Status display is a combination of
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the fix status field, and the Action pending and Action required fields on
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the General information display.</li>
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<li>If the system encountered an error while building the fix information
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file, the fix status is updated when the General information display is shown.</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Latest superseding PTF</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the most recent superseding PTF to the PTF currently shown. </td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Status date/time</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the date and time that the PTF status was last changed. The
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PTF obtained the current status at the date and time listed. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Type </td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether the fix is immediate or delayed</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Unattended IPL action</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the action that will occur on the next unattended IPL (initial
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program load).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Optional part</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the option that this fix is for.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">PTF library</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the library this fix is installed into.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Cover letter</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether there is a cover letter for this fix.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Mandatory instructions</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether there are instructions that need to be performed
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before this fix is applied.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Test Fix</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies that you cannot permanently apply a test fix on the system.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Action pending</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether there is an action that needs to be performed. If
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YES is specified for this field, an action needs to be taken to make the fix
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active or inactive. If NO is specified, it means the fix is active.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Action required</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether an action is required to make this fix active after
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it has been applied.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Target <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> release</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the release of the operating system this fix can be copied
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to or loaded on.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Minimum-maximum level</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the lowest and highest level of the product that this fix
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can be installed on. Some fixes are able to span multiple levels of a product. </td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">Server IPL required</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies whether or not the PTF requires a server IPL to activate
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the changes for the PTF. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66 ">PTF creation date/time</td>
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<td valign="top" headers="d0e68 ">Specifies the date and time that the PTF was created. </td>
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