Transporting virtual images to another system

Use these instructions to move virtual images among different systems.

One benefit of using virtual tape and optical storage is that you can use copies of a virtual image on more than one system. To transport a virtual image to another system, use one of the following methods:

FTP

You can transfer a virtual image from one system to another by using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). To use FTP, you must have TCP/IP set up and running on your system.

This example shows how to transfer a virtual tape or optical image catalog with the images to a remote IBM® i system.

On the remote system, create a directory for storing the virtual images.

CRTDIR myimgclgdir1

On the local system, perform the following steps.

ftp REMOTESYSTEM

binary

namefmt 1

cd /myimgclgdir1  (Navigate to the directory you created on the remote system to store the virtual images.)

lcd /myimgclgdir1  (Navigate to the directory on the local system that contains the virtual images that you want to transfer.)

mput * *   (Transfer all of the virtual images and the image catalog file to the remote system.)

When the transfer completes, use the following command on the remote system to create a new image catalog with the transferred images.

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(NEWCLG) DIR('/myimgclgdir1') TYPE(*OPT) IMPORT(*YES)

System i® Navigator

You can use System i Navigator to transfer files between systems by dragging the file from one system to another.

You can also use Management Central in System i Navigator to move files. Management Central is a suite of systems management functions that make managing multiple systems as easy as managing a single system. For instructions on moving a file with Management Central, see Packaging and sending objects with Management Central.

Independent disk pool

Use an independent disk pool to share virtual images between systems. Enter the following command in the command line to create a new image catalog to access the virtual volumes stored in a directory within an independent disk pool.

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(MYCATALOG) DIR('/IASP33/MYCATALOGDIRECTORY') TYPE(*OPT) IMPORT(*YES)

QFilesvr.400

The IBM i File Server file system (QFileSvr.400) is an integrated file system that provides transparent access to other file systems that reside on remote systems. The QFileSvr.400 size limit is dependent on the underlying file system in IFS.