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Use the following commands to display all image catalogs or specific image catalogs on the iSeries:

WRKIMGCLG  -  display all image catalogs.

WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(image catalog name)  display a specific image catalog

List All Optical Drives – Use this command to list existing optical drives.  If no virtual optical drives exist you will need to create one - 

WRKCFGSTS CFGTYPE(*DEV) CFGD(*OPT)

Create Virtual Optical Drive - In order to create your virtual CD device, use the normal command CRTDEVOPT - 

CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPT02) RSRCNAME(*VRT) TEXT(‘Virtual CD Device’)

Vary the device on, using ;the following command and taking option 1. The device is now available for use with an Image Catalog - 

WRKCFGSTS CFGTYPE(*DEV) CFGD(OPT02)

Use the CRTIMGCLG (Create Image Catalog) command to create the image catalog (PAPERLESS).  This catalog gets images from the IFS DIR specified ('/Paperless');

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(PAPERLESS) DIR( ‘/Paperless’) CRTDIR(*YES) TEXT(‘Image Catalog for Paper-Less Products’)

Download the images using CMD prompt and FTP. These should be downloaded in Binary format to a work directory2 in the IFS:

ftp iSeries_machine

quote site namefmt 1

cd /Paperless

bin

put image_file.iso

Or use ACS - Create a Paper-Less folder as shown below

Drop the .ISO image into the above folder.  Use ADDIMGCLGE command below to load to Image Catalog.  

ISO/UDF images are added using the ADDIMGCLGE (Add Image Catalog Entry) command;

ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(PAPERLESS) FROMFILE(‘/Paperless/image_file.iso’)

Once that step has been done, you are ready to Load the Image, using the LODIMGCLG (Load Image Catalog) command;

LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(PAPERLESS) DEV(OPT02) OPTION(*LOAD)

Start the ATM or MDCC install after checking for library or object locks(Follow the install instructions for ATM or MDCC –

LODRUN DEV(OPT02)