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|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."

In [[z/OS]], the PTFs are processed using [[SMP/E]] (System Modification Program/Extended) in several stages over a course of weeks. Each PTF may include ''HOLDDATA'', in which case it is knowknown as an ''exception SYSMOD''. In rare cases an installation may install a single PTF, but normally it will install all available service except PTFs excluded by, e.g., aging policies, HOLDDATA. Details vary from installation to installation, but a simple service cycle would involve these steps:

# Download the most recent HOLDDATA