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It has been suggested that portions of this article be moved into SMP/E. (Discuss)

Don't merge this in to SMP/E as it applies to way more IBM products than just the mainframe line, for example AIX and Tivoli products. 202.36.29.1 (talk) 22:18, 18 May 2011 (UTC) CJE[reply]

Notability

I deleted the "notability" issue. A quick google search ptf ibm -"ibm.com" turns up 1,390,000 hits. Looking at the first few pages I see lots of mentions in magazine articles, etc. and this mostly excludes hits from IBM sites. This topic has "received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Peter Flass (talk) 12:29, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nonstandard term HA

The article uses the term HA for a non-production system. I've been dealing with SMP and PTFs for decades, and have never seen the term. I suspect that it is a local term for a development or QA LPAR, but it is certainly not anything in common parlance. Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 03:25, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Service cycle

The description of the service cycle is seriously flawed. An RSU may contain thosands of PTFs; installing them one at a time is not practical. Further, it is normal to receive warnings about holds. Under most circumstances you let SMP exclude PTFs with holds, except for cases where you have determined that it is safe to bypass the hold or where you need a PTF in error because of a more serious issue. Some installations funnel service through muliple stages, e.g., development, test, QA and production.

Further, the section is specific to OS/360 and successors, other IBM operating systems use other service vehicles, e.g., VMSES/E for z/VM.Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 03:41, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]