Re: Using NFS to distribute ptfs

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI You can do both.

Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for PTFs only requires IBM i 6.1 or newer.

Using NFS Served Image Catalogs for Upgrades requires IBM I 6.1 or newer 
*AND POWER6 or newer hardware.

    - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 9/27/2011 2:35 PM, Evan Harris wrote:
> You mean IPL-ing from an image catalog on NFS instead of image
> catalogs on local storage ?
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:41 AM,<rob@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Came this close to using NFS to distribute PTFs between my various lpars
> > and machines this week.  Couldn't quite get it to work so I opened up a
> > pmr.  Turns out that it can't go out over hardware currently in use.  For
> > example if you are using CMN01 for your regular TCP/IP communications
> > (let's say line LANLINE) you cannot have LANLINE varied on when using it.
> > So you either have to vary the line off (really unpopular when people are
> > using it) or use another resource.  Apparently virtual lan is really
> > popular for inter lpar communications and is one solution that people are
> > using.  IBM admitted that the inability to share a resource is one big
> > bummer in adoption of this method.
> >
> > Those of you using NFS for this, am I off base here?
> >
> >
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