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You can have all service calls from the target site system returned to a central site system person or
group, such as a help desk. The service branch office can have a special message included in the
service call. The message is used to give special instructions to the service representative.
Creating the IBM licensed program distribution media or premastering
tape
The GO LICPGM menu allows you to create a distribution media at the central site system to distribute
licensed programs to target site systems. The GO LICPGM menu also allows you to create a tape for
premastering the CD-ROM. Using the GO LICPGM menu, you can select which installation profile to use
and which licensed programs and OS/400 optional programs to put on your distribution media.
You can also distribute user libraries and applications to target site systems. User libraries can be installed
at the target site system with directions from the central site system or through a user-defined installation
program. See Installing applications and restoring objects using a user-defined installation program for
more information.
When you choose option 40 (Create a distribution media) on the GO LICPGM menu, you create tapes
similar to those shown below.
Distribution Media Contents Example
Note: The User Profiles (QFILEUPR) file and the Device
Configuration (QFILEIOC) file will not appear on the list of
file names that are supplied by IBM. However, these files
appear on the distribution media you create using option
40 (Create a distribution media).
After the media is created, you can display the distribution media by using the Display Tape (DSPTAP)
command. This lets you verify the contents of the distribution media. You should include a listing from
using the DSPTAP command with the distribution media you send to the target site system.
Note: If distribution to the target site system is on CD-ROM or
DVD, use the Display Optical (DSPOPT) command to
verify the contents of the CD-ROM or DVD. You should
include a listing from using the WRKOPTVOL command
with the CD-ROM or DVD you send to the target site
system.
The target site system uses the listing to locate a specific licensed program on the distribution media.
Distribution media stacking order contains a list of file names that can be on your distribution media.
To do an installation at the target site system, do one of the following:
v See the book AS/400 Road Map for Changing to PowerPC Technology, SA41-5150, if you upgrade the
target site system from CISC to RISC.
v If the target site system is already running on an iSeries server with a PowerPC AS processor, see the
Software Installation
.
You should prepare instructions for the target site system to install your distribution media. See Preparing
and installing distribution media for instructions. Once the licensed programs have been installed, you
should include instructions for restoring user libraries if you have included them on your distribution media.
If you use the automatic installation method, you can install user libraries by using the QLPUSER program
in the QGPL library. See for instructions on how to create a program that performs installation tasks and
sends the appropriate instructions to the target site system operator.
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