Re: MF99003

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Yeah I do mean option 40. I won't claim a fat finger - just a
bad memory event :)

Shame it has to be a manual upgrade, but I guess that's a small price
to pay for removing the PTF part of the process.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:47 PM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You meant 'Option 40' :-)
>
> But essentially you load these onto the target machine and mount them
> into a virtual optical device. (Yes you can use them remotely on POWER6
> or newer hardware and IBM i 6.1 or newer software but that's another
> project.)
>
> You then use them largely the same way as you would IBM Media. The only
> issue is that for whatever reason Option 40 doesn't include the file on
> disk one that contains the list of software on your custom the media
> that IBM distribution media has. THis means you can't use GO LICPGM
> option 5 (Prepare) step 1 (Work with PGMS for target release). The first
> step of IPLing from your catalog is the same (PWRDWNSYS RESTART(*YES)
> IPLSRC(*IMGCLG) ...) and that does LIC and base O/S. But then you
> basically treat it like a manual upgrade where you select the products
> to install. When that's done remember INZSYS but then you're basically
> done. :-)
>
>     - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis