Managing virtual optical storage

Manage your virtual optical storage using the provided information.

Installing or replacing software

To install or replace software using virtual optical storage, see Preparing to upgrade or replace software using an image catalog.

Distributing software

To set up virtual optical storage for software distribution, see Preparing the central system for virtual images.

Installing fixes

To install fixes with virtual optical storage, see Installing fixes from an image catalog.

Performing a save operations

To save files to virtual optical storage, see Virtual tape media.

Note: When the image catalog is in ready status, all images in the catalog have an *ALWSAV attribute value of *NO. This does not allow the images to be saved by the Save Object (SAV) command or the QsrSave API. When the image catalog is not in ready status, all images in the catalog have an *ALWSAV attribute value of *YES. This allows the images to be saved.

Performing a restore operation

To restore files from virtual images, see Recovering your system.