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v Installing multiple iSeries servers using distribution media (about 530 KB) contains the following topics:
– Information about creating distribution media
– Planning for creating distribution media
– Creating the distribution media
v Stacking order (about 59 KB) contains the stacking order for your distribution media. Print this PDF file
to verify that you correctly transfered all of the files to the distribution media.
v Cover letter (about 3 KB) is a sample letter that contains sample instructions for the central system to
provide to the target systems for using the distribution media.
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Central site distribution terms and concepts
The distribution of a central site system is different from the normal distribution of application programs,
system control information, and data in a distributed systems network. One difference is that the
distribution media the central site sends to a target system site can be either tape, CD-ROM, or DVD.
Another difference is that you must attend the target site system while installing licensed programs.
These pages highlight some of techniques and considerations that are needed to develop a plan for:
v Distributing licensed programs in a distributed systems network.
v Distributing licensed programs to other systems that operate more independently.
The systems discussed in this page are the central site system and the target site system.
v Central site system. This system is licensed to receive the distribution media from IBM. In a distributed
systems network, the central site system is usually defined to be the focal point in a communications
network for alerts, application design, and network management tasks.
The central site system can also distribute licensed programs to other systems that operate
independently of the central site system. However, these systems depend on the central site system for
distributing licensed programs.
Media created by the central site supports the following:
– Software already at V3R6 or later (runs only on PowerPC AS processors).
– Software already at V4R1 or later (runs only on PowerPC AS processors).
– Performing a CISC to RISC upgrade, where the target release is V4R2 or later.
2 iSeries: Using central site distribution to install multiple iSeries servers