iSeries / AS400 FAQ : (Category) Operations : How do I create an image catalog on the iSeries?
Building an image catalog on the iSeries (thanks to Rob Berendt at Group Dekko Services, LLC for all the pointers) Create a virtual optical device to be used to contain the image catalog (you’ll need to do this only once): CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(‘Virtual optical drive for image catalog’) Make the drive available (after you create it the first time only): VRYCFG CFGOBJ(OPTVRT01) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON) Create the image catalog to copy the images to: CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(PTFCATALOG) DIR(‘/fixes’) TEXT(‘PTF image catalog’) Note: You have to either create the directory first OR use the CRTDIR(*YES) option when you create the image catalog. At this point you will need to copy the images to the catalog folder using one of the following methods: (1) If you downloaded the images using the FTP commands sent to you when you ordered your PTF’s (online) you will use the following command for each .bin (binary) file in the folder. It will register the existing bin f
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