Re: IBM 7.1 OS .iso images

Sort works a little different with *UPGRADE than with *PTF.

*UPGRADE
First disk has to be LIC
Second disk is first of the O/S Disks
Then the remainder of O/S
Then various features after that. In the case a feature spans multiple disks they are sequential in the stack.
*UPGRADE also tests some other things such as if license agreements have been accepted, if all the disks required to at least complete the O/S install, and I believe if LIC space extension is required but not yet completed.

*PTF
Seems to put the CUME first and all the disks of the CUME in order.
HIPER next with it's disks in order.
DB next with it's disks in order.
Remainder of disks with any group that has multiple disks in order.
*PTF also checks to see if there are disks missing from any of the groups.

You are very correct that the image names mean nothing to the image catalog functions including sort and verify. The disks have volume IDs and while I haven't bothered to completely identify all the attributes in there there are files that indicate continuing volume sets linking them together.

- DrF

On 3/24/2011 8:31 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

So, good Doctor, what does the SORT(*YES) do, if you know? Is there an
attribute it uses to figure out the correct sequence? I know the names
aren't important, although I follow the same convention. Curious as to
how it knows how to sort.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 3/24/2011 3:41 PM, DrFranken wrote:

Before you use the catalog you'll do a VFYIMGCLG with *UPGRADE and
SORT(*YES) so you can pretty much load them in any order you feel like :-)

I've had conversations with the 'iso naming department' about their
wonderful names and they tell me all that is 'good stuff in there'. So I
rename them about as suggested by Brian I_BASE_01.iso.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 3/24/2011 4:05 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

Yep. Just make sure they are in the catalog in the correct order (not
sure about volume ID's). I haven't tried loading them randomly but I
think they will be searched in order.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 3/24/2011 1:54 PM, John.BresinaJr wrote:

I just downloaded the 7.1 .iso images to my laptop. When I FTP them to the IBM "I" partition can I shorten the names?
I really don't want to have them I_BASE_01_IBM-i_Licensed_Machine_code_112008

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