How to check the PTF application status without SMPLIST ?

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• Panvalet

Issue/Introduction

After applying a PTF using SMP in the maintenance environment, the load library is copied into several non-SMP environments.  How to check for a PTF status in the non-SMP environment?

Resolution

Check the module eye catcher: 

1. Browse a PTF and check the eye catcher.
2. Find an Eye catcher by the ISPF 3.15 for the library.


For example;

ROxxxxx has the "?00-.PSINIT  mm/dd/yyhh:mm:ssPSINIT  LEVELnnnmm/dd/yyVRFI14.6A" as an Eye catcher.


Enter the load library name and the search strings on ISPF 3.15.

                         EXTENDED SEARCH-FOR UTILITY
COMMAND ===>
 
SEARCH DS NAME  . . 'PUBLIC.PANVLT.R146.SP00.CBA3LINK'
PDS MEMBER LIST . . *         (BLANK/PATTERN - MEMBER LIST, * - SEARCH ALL)
 
(LEAVE SEARCH DSN "BLANK" FOR CONCATENATED-UNCATALOGED-PASSWORD PANEL)
 
ENTER SEARCH STRINGS AND OPTIONAL OPERANDS (WORD/PREFIX/SUFFIX,C)
   CAPS . . 'PSINIT  LEVELnnnmm/dd/yy'
   CAPS . .
   CAPS . .
   ASIS . .
   ASIS . .
 :
 :

 

Check the result.

 

**********************************************************************************************************************
 ISRSUPC   -   MVS/PDF FILE/LINE/WORD/BYTE/SFOR COMPARE UTILITY- ISPF FOR z/OS         2017/12/20  12.05    PAGE     1
LINE-#  SOURCE SECTION                    SRCH DSN: PUBLIC.PANVLT.R146.SP00.CBA3LINK


PSINIT                      --------- STRING(S) FOUND -------------------

    16  ?00-.PSINIT  mm/dd/yyhh:mm:ssPSINIT  LEVELnnnmm/dd/yyVRFI14.6A  PSINIT             ?      B?  \   } ?01  #
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