Re: V7R3 OS image downloads from ESS

Hi Jerry,

There's a lot of media, but you need the ones with OS :

I_BASE_01_Licensed_Machine_Code_RS_730-F_LCD8_2287_05.udf.ZIP
B_GROUP1_01_IBM_i_RS_730-00_LCD8_2288_00.udf.ZIP
B_GROUP1_02_IBM_i_RS_730-00_LCD8_2289_00.udf.ZIP
B_GROUP1_03_IBM_i_RS_730-00_LCD8_2290_00.udf.ZIP
B_GROUP1_04_IBM_i_RS_730-00_LCD8_2291_00.udf.ZIP
B_GROUP1_05_IBM_i_RS_730-00_LCD8_2292_00.udf.ZIP

... and maybe you need ...

F_MULTI_NLV_IBM_i_730_DB2_Symm_Multiproc_LCD8_2111_01.udf.ZIP
IBM_Cloud_Storage_Solutions_for_i_LCD8_2390_00.udf.ZIP

Then you can upload the unzipped file (you can unzip con IBM i, but is faster on your x86 system) to the IFS , let say /INSTALL/V7R3

And finally you can perform:

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V7R3) DIR('/INSTALL/V7R3') CRTDIR(*NO) ADDVRTVOL(*DIR)

Then you need to create the Virtual Optical device

CRTDEVOPT DEVD(VOPT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) LCLINTNETA(*N)

Vary on the device

VRYCFG CFGOBJ(VOPT01) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)

And load the drive with the catalog

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(V7R3) DEV(VOPT01)

Then you need to perform the upgrade procedure

Good luck