RE: Slip LIC install

["Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But a "Slip of the Lic" implies you just replace the lic and are not
initializing the system.  Otherwise it wouldn't be a slip of the lic, it
would be an install.

--
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com

Add iTech Solutions on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126431824120
Add iTech Solutions on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2206093

iTech Solutions because IBM i (AS/400s) didn't come with System
Administrators



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 1:16 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Slip LIC install

> From an existing system running either something earlier than 7.1, or 7.1 
and you want to scratch it and start over?

Well, if you are at 7.1 and want to scratch it and start over you might be 
ok if all you want is LIC.  (No OS and LPPs.)  Otherwise it's going to 
have a dickens of a time finding volume 2 after the disks have been 
initialized.

Upgrading from 5.4 or 6.1 to 7.1 using image catalogs is done all the 
time.  Unless you are REALLY short of disk space it's the best way to fly.

Read this for an alternative
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahcwha
tnew.htm
"Upgrade or replace software with virtual optical storage using the 
Network File System"
and
"IBM i can now be installed from optical images on the network "
<snip>
An IBM i 6.1 environment on POWER6R processor-based server can be upgraded 
to IBM i 7.1 with an image on the network file server.
</snip>

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahctyp
esdevices.htm


Rob Berendt