RE: V5R4

Even better, in V5R3 you can make them writable - you can put stuff on them, 
then burn the resulting image to plastic on a PC.

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From: "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> In fact, it came out in V5R1 to be used only for OS upgrade. Its 
> function was enabled with PTFs. V5R2 and higher it's free to be used 
> for any/all purposes and came bundled in base OS. In V5R1 you can only 
> name the catalogs QUPGRADE1, QUPGRADE2, QUPGRADE3. V5R2+ you can name 
> them anything you want. 
> 
> It's really a fantastic feature - can't imagine doing an OS upgrade 
> without it. PTFs, OTOH, tend to be a pain in the tailside and I'd 
> prefer to spin through CDs or use iPTF. 
> 
> -- 
> Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer 
> IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i 
> Kingland Systems Corporation 
> 
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:03 PM 
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> Subject: RE: V5R4 
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> Came out at the tail end of V5R2 primarily as an upgrade path to V5R3. 
> Really came out strong on V5R3. Basically you can load new releases, 
> cumes, other ptf's, etc, into an image catalog and not have to worry 
> about changing CD's during the actual upgrade itself. 
> Directions to use are normally in cume ptf cover letters or software 
> upgrades in Infocenter. These instructions are very close. 
> CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT02) RSRCNAME(*VRT) 
> CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME) DIR('/fixes/cume') ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(CUME) 
> FROMDEV(OPT01) or ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(CUME) 
> FROMFILE('/fixes/cume/cume_01.bin') 
> TOFILE(*fromfile) 
> (repeat ADDIMGCLGE for each CD or downloaded file) WRKIMGCLG LODIMGCLG 
> IMGCLG(CUME) DEV(OPTVRT02) OPTION(*LOAD) VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME) 
> TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES) INSPTF LICPGM((*ALL)) DEV(OPTVRT02) 
> INSTYP(*DLYALL) (which is the command that GO PTF option 8 uses) 
> 
> 
> Rob Berendt 
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> What exactly is an image catalog? 
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> -----Original Message----- 
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:47 AM 
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> Subject: Re: V5R4 
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> Debbie, 
> 
> I have loaded PTFs and upgraded to V5R3 utilizing the image catalog. I 
> like it because it can be unattended, and is faster than loading a CD, 
> waiting for the i5 to ask for the next CD, etc. It does not take much 
> setup, and so I would call it easy. 
> 
> Good Luck! 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Essinger 
> Senior Programmer/Analyst 
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> On 5/24/06, DebbieKelemen wrote: 
> > 
> > Ken, 
> > 
> > I haven't done any loading PTF's or otherwise from an image catalog as 
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> of 
> > yet. I've heard of it but haven't gone there. How difficult is it? 
> > 
> > Debbie 
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