Re: Image catalogs

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Completely non-ham, Rick. You can add an entry to a catalog either from a 
CD (physical media) or an ISO-compatible image file. Use Roxio or Nero to 
make the image on your CD - might want to make a local copy first, for 
speed and reliability, then put it on the IFS by whatever means. Be sure 
not to use a product-specific image format (Roxio has its own, e.g.), but 
to use the ISO image type.

Then, when adding the image, use *FROMFILE (instead of *GEN) for generating 
the image name - this will not make a copy of your image, as one of the 
other settings does. Saves space. Also, removing an entry from within 
WRKIMGCLGE also deletes the actual image file, at least before V5R3, but 
the RMVIMGCLGE command lets you leave the image file itself.

BTW, an image catalog is just a list of up to 256 image files - it is not 
the images themselves. DMPOBJ on an *IMGCLG object to see what's in it.

HTH
Vern

At 04:42 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
> This is a timely discussion.   It's all new to me, but I've been
> tasked to make this whole process a little more streamlined.  I've
> seen it done once, and I have some directions, but my examples show
> ftping images directly to the IFS, or moving images from one iseries
> to another - none of these involve using a PC cdrom drive to read the
> disk.
>
> Here is the situation:
>
> Our iseries is off-site - in a service bureau in a cage.  It is
> difficult to get to and we'd prefer not to have to have access to the
> CD drive every time we want to use it.
>
> the CD isn't just for ptfs and the like, we use it for updates to some
> of our packaged software etc. as well.
>
> my goal would be to copy the CD image to the IFS from a PC over the
> network, then run the steps to load it into the virtural drive from
> there.  Is that kosher?
>
> If so, I'm confident I can wrap the rest of it up to streamline the process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick
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