CMF

IBM Server Components Manual Installation

 
Installation Instructions for manual install of server components
 
  • Create a backup of the libraries MPPGM, MPDTA, MPCOM, MPLNGEN (for English)
  • Transfer the libraries MPPGM, MPDTA, MPCOM, MPLNGEN (for English) to the IBM i Server (all servers)
 
CMD (Windows Start -> cmd.exe)
 
Transfer the libraries to the IBM i Server
 
C:\>ftp
ftp> open YOURSYSTEM
User (YOURSYSTEM:(none)): USER
331 Enter password.
Password:
230 USER logged on.
ftp> quote site namefmt 1
ftp> bin
ftp> cd qsys.lib
ftp> cd qgpl.lib
ftp> lcd c:\temp\MPInstall\Server
ftp> put MPPGM.savf
ftp> put MPDTA.savf
ftp> put MPCOM.savf
ftp> put MPLNGEN.savf (for English)
 
ftp> quit
 
IBM i 5250 Prompt
 
Restore the libraries from the savefiles:
 
RSTLIB SAVLIB(MPPGM) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/MPPGM)
RSTLIB SAVLIB(MPDTA) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/MPDTA)
RSTLIB SAVLIB(MPCOM) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/MPCOM)
RSTLIB SAVLIB(MPLNGEN) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/MPLNGEN) (for English)
 
Copy the data from backup to new release:
 
CALL PGM(MPPGM/COPYDATA) PARM(MPDTASAV MPDTA)  // MPDTASAV being the backup of previous release
 
Modify dispatcher start program:
 
MPCOM/STRTCP610
 
If this program is used to start the dispatcher job, set the portnumber accordingly. You can also copy the program STRTCP610 (AND the source in QCLSRC) from the backup to the new MPCOM library