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Installing fixes from the FTP Server

Requirements and instructions

Before installing fixes from the FTP Server

Before you install the fixes in your package, do the following.

1. Have a copy of the e-mail confirming your order available for reference.2. Install the Operations Navigator plug-in. Note: Required one time only if you

choose to download using Operations Navigator. 1. Download the self-extracting file.

Self-extracting .exe file 2. Run the .exe file.3. Install the files in the default directory: jvopnav\com\ibm\as400\opnav

Notes:

If any part of the directory does not exist, create it. If your national language version is not 2924, install the plug-in as follows.

1. Unzip the plug-in.2. Rename the MRI2924 directory to match the MRI version of the install

client. For example, if your national language version is 2923, rename the directory to MRI2923.

3. Run Selective Setup to install the plug-in.

Consider using software managers called "download managers" to allow you to resume interrupted or failed downloads. Although IBM does not endorse any third-party download managers, some popular ones include the following.1

GetRight® Go!Zilla

Follow these steps to download the fixes

1. Decide whether to download the fixes directly to the Integrated File System (IFS) on the IBM eServer iSeries family of servers or to a PC.

o Beginning with V5R2, you have two choices. You can use image catalogs, and download the fixes directly to IFS

on the iSeries server. Or, you can burn CD-ROMs on a PC.

o For releases prior to V5R2, you must burn CD-ROMs on a PC.

Note: You will get better performance when burning the CD-ROMs if you put the files on your local PC drive.

2. Select one of the following three methods to download the fixes. o Use the FTP command from IBM OS/400® or IBM i5/OS™o Use a Web browsero Use Operations Navigator

3. To download the fixes, follow the instructions provided in your e-mail for whichever method you selected in the previous step. Note: The time that it will take to download the fixes is dependent on many factors including the speed and the configuration of your network.

Follow these steps to install the fixes

You may install the fixes using either method listed below.

Install the fixes from an image catalog associated with a virtual optical device (V5R2 or a later release is required)

Install the fixes from CD-ROM on any supported release

Install the fixes from an image catalog

Refer to the instructions on how to install fixes from an image catalog in the iSeries Information Center.

Note: You must have release V5R2 (or a later release) installed in order to to use image catalogs.

Install the fixes from CD-ROM

1. Create the CD-ROM (or CD-ROMs) on your PC from the .bin file (or files). You may use any CD-Writer software that supports writing CD-ROMs in RAW mode, standard data format. Although IBM does not endorse any third-party CD-Writer software, some popular software packages include the following. 1

Note: Because each .bin file is a bit-for-bit copy of one CD-ROM, you must create a separate CD-ROM for each .bin file in order for the fixes to install properly.

o Easy CD Creator® o Nero Burning ROM

Hints:

o You may need to rename the file from .bin to .iso depending on your CD-Writer software.

o You should choose the following options when creating your CD. Some of the options may be listed under the advanced settings.

Create (or burn) a CD from a CD image Standard data format for single session CDs (for example, "Data

CD" or "Mode 1 CD-ROM") RAW data mode Disc-at-Once (not Track-at-Once)

2. Install the fixes from CD-ROM. Refer to the instructions on how to install fixes from media or how to install a cumulative fix package in the iSeries Information Center.

Note: You may choose to install from CD-ROM on any supported release of OS/400 or i5/OS.

Install fixes from an image catalog

This topic discusses how you can use an image catalog to install PTFs that you receive on physical media or that you received using FTP when you downloaded fixes from Fix

Central.

Notes:

1. You cannot install PTFs directly from an image catalog with Management Central, but you can use the Copy from Media function to copy PTFs into save files from an image catalog associated with a virtual optical device.

2. Your user profile must have *ALLOBJ and *SECADM authority to use the image catalog commands.

To install your fixes from an image catalog, do the following steps:

1. Create a virtual optical device It is possible that you used an image catalog that is associated with a virtual optical device to perform a software upgrade. If you did, you do not have to perform this step. If you do not have a virtual optical device, you must create one.

o To create a device description, type the following on any command line:

CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(text-description)

o To determine whether or not a virtual optical device exists, type the following:

WRKDEVD DEVD(*OPT)

A virtual optical device is indicated by a device type of 632B.

To ensure that the device is active, press F14 (Work with configuration status). If the device is not active, type 1 to vary it on. You can have only one virtual optical device active at a time.

2. Create an image catalog Create an image catalog for the set of PTFs that you want to install. The Create Image Catalog (CRTIMGCLG) command associates an image catalog with a target directory where the pre-loaded images are loaded.

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DIR(directory-name) CRTDIR(*YES) TEXT(text-description)

Note: A directory can be associated with only one image catalog.

3. Add an image catalog entry You can add an image catalog entry for each physical media that you have. You

can also add an image catalog entry for fixes that you received using FTP, for example, you downloaded fixes from Fix Central.

o Add an image catalog entry for each physical media that you have. You need to repeat this step for each volume of media. You should add the images in the same order as if you were going to install from them.

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) FROMDEV(OPT01) TEXT(text-description)

o Add an image catalog entry for fixes that you downloaded from Fix Central into an IFS directory. You can add the directory into an image catalog in either of the following ways:

From the same directory that is associated with the image catalog directory.

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCATALOG) FROMFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin)

TOFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin) From a different directory. ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCATALOG) FROMFILE('differentdirectory/iptfxxxx_x.bin')

TOFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin)

4. Load the image catalog This step associates the virtual optical device to the image catalog. Only one image catalog can be associated with a specific virtual optical device. Type the following command to load the image catalog:

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD)5. Verify that the images are in the correct order

VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES)The system puts the images in the correct order. By default, the volume with the lowest index is mounted; all the other volumes are loaded. Use the Work with Catalog Entries (WRKIMGCLGE) command to see the order of the images.

Note: If you are attempting to load individual PTFs with the Load PTF (LODPTF) command, only the PTFs on the volume set that is mounted can be loaded.

6. Install PTFs from virtual optical device To install PTFs from an image catalog associated with a virtual optical device, see Install fixes from media or Install cumulative PTF package. For the device name, enter the name of the virtual optical device that is associated with your image catalog. All the PTFs from the images that are either mounted or loaded will be installed.

7. Delete images from image catalog Once you have successfully installed the fixes, you should remove the images from the catalog with the Remove Image Catalog Entries (RMVIMGCLGE) command. If you continue to add new images to the same image catalog without removing the old images, PTF install processing will attempt to install the fixes from from all of the loaded images in the catalog.

Install fixes from an image catalog

This topic discusses how you can use an image catalog to install PTFs that you receive on physical media or that you received using FTP when you downloaded fixes from Fix

Central.

Notes:

1. You cannot install PTFs directly from an image catalog with Management Central, but you can use the Copy from Media function to copy PTFs into save files from an image catalog associated with a virtual optical device.

2. Your user profile must have *ALLOBJ and *SECADM authority to use the image catalog commands.

To install your fixes from an image catalog, do the following steps:

1. Create a virtual optical device It is possible that you used an image catalog that is associated with a virtual optical device to perform a software upgrade. If you did, you do not have to perform this step. If you do not have a virtual optical device, you must create one.

o To create a device description, type the following on any command line:

CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(text-description)

o To determine whether or not a virtual optical device exists, type the following:

WRKDEVD DEVD(*OPT)

A virtual optical device is indicated by a device type of 632B.

To ensure that the device is active, press F14 (Work with configuration status). If the device is not active, type 1 to vary it on. You can have only one virtual optical device active at a time.

2. Create an image catalog Create an image catalog for the set of PTFs that you want to install. The Create Image Catalog (CRTIMGCLG) command associates an image catalog with a target directory where the pre-loaded images are loaded.

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DIR(directory-name) CRTDIR(*YES) TEXT(text-description)

Note: A directory can be associated with only one image catalog.

3. Add an image catalog entry You can add an image catalog entry for each physical media that you have. You

can also add an image catalog entry for fixes that you received using FTP, for example, you downloaded fixes from Fix Central.

o Add an image catalog entry for each physical media that you have. You need to repeat this step for each volume of media. You should add the images in the same order as if you were going to install from them.

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) FROMDEV(OPT01) TEXT(text-description)

o Add an image catalog entry for fixes that you downloaded from Fix Central into an IFS directory. You can add the directory into an image catalog in either of the following ways:

From the same directory that is associated with the image catalog directory.

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCATALOG) FROMFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin)

TOFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin) From a different directory. ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PTFCATALOG) FROMFILE('differentdirectory/iptfxxxx_x.bin')

TOFILE(iptfxxx_x.bin)

4. Load the image catalog This step associates the virtual optical device to the image catalog. Only one image catalog can be associated with a specific virtual optical device. Type the following command to load the image catalog:

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD)5. Verify that the images are in the correct order

VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(ptfcatalog) TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES)

The system puts the images in the correct order. By default, the volume with the lowest index is mounted; all the other volumes are loaded. Use the Work with Catalog Entries (WRKIMGCLGE) command to see the order of the images.

Note: If you are attempting to load individual PTFs with the Load PTF (LODPTF) command, only the PTFs on the volume set that is mounted can be loaded.

6. Install PTFs from virtual optical device To install PTFs from an image catalog associated with a virtual optical device, see Install fixes from media or Install cumulative PTF package. For the device name, enter the name of the virtual optical device that is associated with your image catalog. All the PTFs from the images that are either mounted or loaded will be installed.

7. Delete images from image catalog Once you have successfully installed the fixes, you should remove the images from the catalog with the Remove Image Catalog Entries (RMVIMGCLGE) command. If you continue to add new images to the same image catalog without removing the old images, PTF install processing will attempt to install the fixes from from all of the loaded images in the catalog.

Scenario: Prepare to install from an image catalog

You can use an image catalog to perform a software upgrade, install PTFs (fixes), or install single licensed programs that you receive on media. For this release, the following is a scenario of how you can create an image catalog and image catalog entry, add an image catalog entry, and load the image catalog in preparation of performing a V5R2-to-V5R2 software upgrade. Information about upgrading from V5R1 to V5R2 will be made available through V5R1 PTF SI03120, Optical Support.

An image catalog is an object on the server that can contain up to 64 optical images. Each catalog is associated with one user-specified integrated file system directory. The system-recognized identifier for the object type is *IMGCLG.

When you use an image catalog, you preload all your media so that you do not need to handle the physical media when you perform the installation. You do this by copying the images from the physical media to a file in the integrated file system and then use these preloaded images to install.

Image catalog requirements:

An image catalog upgrade works like a D-mode IPL without a console during the installation of Licensed Internal Code. System reference codes (SRCs) are used to display the status.

Installations done by using image catalogs require a command line to initiate the installation.

An installation cannot be performed if an independent auxiliary storage pool (ASP) is accessible. Image files cannot reside in an independent ASP.

Virtual optical devices do not support the following: o Write operationso The LODRUN command using multiple media.o Changing a primary language from secondary language media.

The load-source disk unit must be a 4-gigabyte unit. To perform an installation using image catalogs, you must have at least 1 gigabyte

of free storage on the load-source disk unit. Clean up disk storage space describes how to free up space in the load-source disk unit.

Determine storage space required describes how to calculate storage requirements for your server.

To perform a V5R2-to-V5R2 software upgrade from an image catalog, do the following steps:

1. Create a virtual optical device To create a device description, enter the following:

2. CRTDEVOPT DEVD(virtual-device-name) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(text-description)

3. Vary on the virtual optical device Note: You can have only one image catalog active at a time.

Enter the following:

VRYCFG CFGOBJ(virtual-device-name) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)4. Create an image catalog

Create an image catalog for the licensed programs that you want to install. The Create Image Catalog (CRTIMGCLG) command associates an image catalog with a target directory where the optical image files are loaded.

5. CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(catalog-name) DIR(catalog-path) CRTDIR(*YES) TEXT(image-catalog-name)

6. Add an image catalog entry Add an image catalog entry for each physical media that you have. You need to

repeat this step for each volume of media. You should add the images in the same order as if you were going to install from them. Start with the first media in the list and continue until all the media is loaded.

You can add the entries from either an optical device or from an existing optical image file.

o To add an image catalog entry to an image catalog from an existing integrated-file-system optical image file from a directory other than the image catalog directory, enter the following:

o ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name)o FROMFILE(/directory-name/directory-name/file-name)

TOFILE(file-name) TEXT(text-description)o To add an image entry to an image catalog from an integrated-file-system

file that is already in the image catalog directory, enter the following: o ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name) FROMFILE(file-name)

TOFILE(*fromfile) TEXT(text-description)o To add an image catalog entry to an image catalog from a physical optical

media device named OPT01, enter the following: o ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name) FROMDEV(OPT01)

TOFILE(file-name) TEXT(text-description)Note: To generate a name for the TOFILE parameter, specify *GEN. To generate

a text description from the media, specify *GEN. 7. Load the image catalog

This step associates the virtual optical device to the image catalog. Only one image catalog at a time can be associated with a specific virtual optical device. To load the image catalog, type the following command:

8. LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(catalog-name) DEV(virtual-device-name) OPTION(*LOAD)

9. Verify that the images are in the correct order

If you are preparing for an upgrade, you need to verify that the required media for an upgrade exist and are sorted in the correct sequence.

Enter the following command:

VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(catalog-name) TYPE(*UPGRADE) SORT(*YES)

An additional method would be to enter the following:

WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name)

Then press PF7 to prompt for the VFYIMGCLG command. Enter *UPGRADE for the type and *YES for the sort field.

Note: Three possible values for the verification TYPE parameter are *UPGRADE

(used for upgrading), *PTF (used for PTFs), and *OTHER (used for individual licensed programs).

The server puts the images in the correct order. By default, the volume with the lowest index is mounted; all the other volumes are loaded. To see the order of the images, use the Work with Image Catalog Entries (WRKIMGCLGE) command:

WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name)

After completing these steps, your image catalog is ready for use.