RE: Image Catalogs for Upgrades

Dave -

I agree completely, the "effort is the same" comment was directed toward
PTF installs only.  I have always loaded PTF packages during the day and
set them to apply at the next IPL.  As far as the upgrade goes the image
catalog was great. (except for the not working automagically part...) 

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:57:58 -0400
from: Dave Schnee <DSchnee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Image Catalogs for Upgrades

I can provide one good reason for using image catalogs that I believe
has not been mentioned before in this thread.  Yes, the effort is the
same (except that, for OS installs, you can do your "prepare for
upgrade" step and the install without loading the CDs twice).  A much
more important reason, from my perspective, is the installation we
helped-with 2 weeks ago where one of the OS/400 CDs could not be read
(it was dirty or defective).

Consider that, if you have installed SLIC and have gotten partly into
OS/400 (i5/OS ?) and now you cannot continue or you have gotten partly
into the PTFs and cannot install them, you have a *MESS, a wasted
night/weekend and a reinstall from your backup.  If you have loaded all
the media into an image catalog, the likelihood of this kind of problem
is much lower.  Of course, you DO need enough DASD space.

Dave Schnee,
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

- - - - - - Scott Ingvaldson wrote - - - - - -

date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:44:59 -0500
from: "Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Image Catalogs for Upgrades

Since this topic is being discussed today:

Back in February we upgraded ...

<snip>

... As far as normal PTF operations go there doesn't seem to be much
advantage to image catalogs unless you are downloading the ePTF .bin
files.  If you use CD's the effort is the same.