RE: Installing WDSCi on multiple PC's

I just want to second the idea that there really needs to be a better way to
handle this for multiple PCs.

Ideally, some way to "slip-stream" the updates into the install image.

If nothing else, how about some detailed instructions on what to download
via the "All fixes" link and the order to install them.

Another possibility, providing instructions to allow us to set up a local
update site.  


Thanks,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vern Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 11:29 AM
> To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Installing WDSCi on multiple PC's
> 
> 
> For installation, copy the contents of all the CDs to a 
> single directory on 
> a file server or an external UPS-connect hard drive.
> 
> For updates, there are sites that have all the files. This method of 
> updating is not well-documented, IMO. You can go to 
> <www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400>, then hit the Support link, 
> then hit the 
> "All fixes" link, but it's just a huge list without much help 
> to know what 
> to get.
> 
> Someone from IBM, please give us some help on this. I know 
> you've responded 
> with particulars from time to time, but I could find nothing 
> in the help 
> for any way to update, other than the Update Manage, which is 
> NOT an option 
> for many of us. And for multiple upgrades, no department 
> wants to waste 
> this much time.
> 
> On the "All fixes" page I entered "iSeries" as a search term 
> and found 
> "inclusive" fix packs for 5.1.0.2 & 5.1.0.3 - nothing for 
> 5.1.2.x yet. And 
> I can't tell what to get from the large list - the references are not 
> directly to WDSC. And do we also need to look up Eclipse fixes?
> 
> I know you're all trying, so please keep up the IBM tradition 
> of PTFs that 
> are manageable.
> 
> Vern
>