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Line 1: In IBM terminology, a '''~~Program~~program temporary fix''' or '''~~Product~~product temporary fix''' ('''PTF'''), sometimes depending on date,<ref>In 2001 a long time IBMer wrote "I thought it was now Product Temporary Fix." {{cite web \|url=https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bit.listserv.ibm-main/Ir_Jp8C50KM \|title=Should APARs be accepted}}</ref><ref>Nonetheless PROGRAM temporary fix is still in use. {{cite web \|title=Traps do not process for CiscoAPIC models in CA Spectrum \|url=https://support.ca.com/us/knowledge-base-articles.TEC1984606.html \|date=September 11, 2017 \|website=ca.com}}</ref> is a ~~single~~one or more [[~~Patch~~software ~~(computing)~~bug\|bug ~~fix~~]]~~, or group of~~ fixes, {{endash}} distributed in a form ready to ~~install~~[[software ~~for customers~~installation\|install]]. A PTF normally follows an ~~APAR (~~[[Authorized Program Analysis Report]] (APAR),<ref>{{cite web \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=IBM Security: APARs explained \|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-apars-explained \|website=ibm.com \|accessdate=Oct 14, 2019}} a formal report from IBM development to customers that have notified IBM of a problem or suspected defect.</ref>), and where an "APAR fix" was issued, the PTF "is a tested APAR"<ref name=Gabe/> or set of APAR fixes. However, if an APAR is resolved as "Fixed If Next" or "Permanent Restriction" then there may be no PTF fixing it, only a subsequent release. ==PTF installation== Line 71: One reason for the use of physical media is size, and related (default) size limits. "By default, the /home file system on VIOS (Virtual I/O Server<ref>{{cite web \|last1=IBM Corporation \|title=Virtual I/O Server overview \|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/TI0003M/p8hb1/p8hb1_vios_virtualioserveroverview.htm \|website=IBM Knowledge Center \|accessdate=Oct 14, 2019}}</ref>) for [[IBM System p\|System p]] is only 10GB in size."<ref name=TecTip>{{cite web \|title=Populating the VIOS Virtual Media Repository \|author=Glenn Robinson \|work=PowerWire - Connect to the IBMi Community \|date=October 28, 2015 \|url=http://powerwire.eu/tech-tip-populating-the-vios-virtual-media-repository}}</ref> If the "Cumulative PTF Pack" is larger than the default, "If you try (to) FTP 17GB of ISO images you will run out of space." Line 114: The focus of the "APAR fix" is "to rectify the problem as soon as possible"<ref name=Mehdi>{{cite web \|title=Diff between PTF, APAR, INTERMFIX \|author=Mehdi Salebi \|url=http://unix.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/ibm-aix-l/diff-between-ptfaparintermfix-4353121 \|date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> whereas the PTF "is a tested APAR... The PTF 'closes' the APAR. " Prior to that, an APAR is "a problem with an IBM program that is formally tracked until a solution is provided.”<ref name=Gabe>{{cite web