Virtualload

Guide for Virtual Image install of PTF's OL.witharabic {list-style-type: arabic numbers}

Guide for Virtual Image install of PTF's

Use the following as an example to setup a virtual drive on the system for installing a cumulative PTF package that was downloaded from IBM into directory on the iSeries system. Substitute any values with the appropriate ones for your process.
  1. Check to see if Virtual Drive setup
    WRKDEVD DEVD(*OPT)
  2. If no Virtual optical drive then create one
    CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(‘Virtual Optical Drive for use Image Files’)
  3. Vary on the Virtual Optical Drive
    VRYCFG CFGOBJ(OPTVRT01) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)
  4. Create the image catalog
    CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(PTFCUM) DIR(‘/fixes’) CRTDIR(*NO) TEXT(‘PTF Cumulative files’)
  5. Add each of the disk images to the catalog created in step 4
    You should add the images in the same order as if you were going to install from them.
    ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCUM) FROMFILE(SF99520_1.bin) TOFILE(SF99520_1.bin)
  6. Load the image catalog to the virtual optical drive
    LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(PTFCUM) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD)
  7. Verify that the image catalog is in the correct order
    VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(PTFCUM) TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES)
  8. Install the PTF's from the virtual device
    You will be using the optical device created in step two or one previously created for the source drive.

Note: Use the Work with Image Catalog command to view the catalog setup.
WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCUM)

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