To determine the status of the fixes for products that are installed and supported on your system:

1. Enter the Display PTF (DSPPTF) command and press F4 (Prompt).
2. Specify the licensed program number (for example: 5722SS1). If you want to see the status for all the products on the system, specify *ALL for both parameters and press the Enter key until all the licensed programs are displayed.
3. The Display Program Temporary Fix display shows the status of all fixes installed on system.

Starting in V5R3, use the Work with PTF Groups (WRKPTFGRP) command. On the WRKPTFGRP screen, you should find the PTF group named SF99vrm, where "vrm" corresponds to the release of your operating system. The level of the PTF group corresponds to the 5-digit cumulative PTF package date.

You can also use the Display PTF (DSPPTF) command. For example, on V5R1, use the following command:

After executing DSPPTF, you will see the Display PTF Status screen. Cumulative PTF package identifiers begin with the letters TC. The first entry beginning with these letters and shows a status indicating the package has been applied is your current Cumulative PTF level.

Following the TC prefix is a five-digit number representing the Cumulative package's date. The first two digits indicate the year, and the last three digits indicate the Julian Date excluding the year.

For example: on a V5R1 system, Fix TC02134 would represent Cumulative Fix package C2134510. On V5R2, Fix TC02211 represents Cumulative Fix package C2211520.

Follow the steps listed directly above to determine which Cumulative package is installed.

Compare the number (for example, C2211520) with the package number shown for the Cumulative PTF package in the Preventive Service Planning information document.

1. Refer to the Preventive Service Planning - PSP database.
2. Select All Preventive Service Planning Documents by Release.
3. Select your release (for example: R520 for release V5R2).
4. Select the Current Cumulative PTF Package for your release (for example: "SF98520: Current Cumulative PTF Package").
5. The latest Cumulative PTF package is listed near the top of the information (for example: "The latest cumulative package for Version 5 Release 2.0 is: C2211520").

If the package numbers are identical, you have the latest Cumulative PTF package. If the package numbers are different, you have an older version of the Cumulative PTF package.

Note: In order for the above instructions to work correctly, you must have followed the PTF installation instructions when you applied the Cumulative package, and not omitted any of the additional PTFs in the package.

On releases prior to V5R2, display the data area for the marker PTF. To find out what the marker PTF is and how to display the data area for the marker PTF for the Group PTF:

1. Refer to the Preventive Service Planning - PSP database.
2. Select "All Group PTFs by Release".
3. Click on your release (for example R510 for release V5R1).
4. Select the Group PTF of interest, for example, SF99501: 510 DB2 UDB for iSeries.
5. The marker PTF and the command for displaying the data area are both listed near the top of the information.

Note: HIPER Group PTFs do not have marker PTFs.

Beginning with V5R2, handling PTF Groups is built into i5/OS, replacing marker PTFs and their data areas. The WRKPTFGRP command will display what PTF Groups are on the system and the level for each PTF Group. Refer to PTF Groups in the iSeries Information Center for additional information.