Re: Getting updates

I second the Packaging Utility.

It enabled me to do a clean install on a colleague's PC in under an hour,
directly to 7.0.0.4.

Best regards,

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
-----
Yoda of Borg are we. Futile is resistance, assimilated will you be.
-----



Brian Parkins <PARKIB@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
29/10/2007 17:54
Please respond to
Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


To
wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
cc

Subject
Re: [WDSCI-L] Getting updates

Is it still possible with version 7.0 to download the updates once to a
local server so that all desktops can update from there? The update to
7.0.0.4 is about 950Mb and takes hours - we can't afford to have every
desktop dragging this down across the net. I did this with version 6,
but I can't find a download site for 7.0 so I guess I am missing a trick
somewhere. Any pointers gratefully received.

Google for "WDSC 7.0.0.4" - worked for me:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3239&context=SSZND2&dc=D400&uid=swg24017244&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en



As others have already suggested, you may wish to take a look at the IBM
Packaging Utility for building a local Repository of code. The 7.0.0.4
update can be copied to this Repository (using Copy Packages in PU).

The benefit of this approach is a single Repository for all new installs
as well as updates - no need to maintain separate images for each update.
Hope this helps.

Brian Parkins