5722XE1 V5R2M0 IBM iSeries Access for Windows Service Pack SI06631 This readme contains information on downloading the service pack files from the FTP directory structure. In the subcomps/ directory, we've broken the service pack into smaller components for more granular download. This will help people who have trouble downloading the 58.7 MB full service pack (SI06631.exe). For information on combining the service pack with a tailored iSeries Access for Windows installation image, see the section at the end of this readme file. Installing from your hard drive ------------------------------- 1) Create a new temporary directory on your hard drive. It is very important for this directory to be empty prior to downloading files in the next step. 2) Download the single large file (SI06631.EXE) *OR* each of the NINE subcomponent .exe files from the subcomps/ FTP directory to your temporary directory. Note: SI066631.exe contains all fixes. If you download this file from the main FTP directory, it is not necessary to download any of the others. The nine subcomponent files (which must be placed together in the same temp directory) are: Base.exe (6.0 MB) DataAcc.exe (1.1 MB) iNav1.exe (12.2 MB) iNav2.exe (13.2 MB) iNav3.exe (11.5 MB) JToolBox.exe (5.5 MB) OpCon.exe (1.9 MB) Pc5250.exe (5.1 MB) Printers.exe (2.1 MB) 3) Run the single large .exe *OR* each of the nine .exe's to expand the service pack image files. You can do this from an MS-DOS window command prompt (after changing your current directory to your temporary directory), or from Windows Explorer. Note: after expansion, the service pack image consists of 74 files and is approximately 59.7 MB. This assumes you have deleted the downloaded subcomponent .exe files after expansion. 4) Now run SETUP.EXE from your temporary directory to install the service pack. The service pack wizard panels will appear in English. Alternatively, the Install Service Pack shortcut in the iSeries Access for Windows Service folder on the desktop can be used to present the service pack wizard panels in the national language that iSeries Access for Windows is installed in on the PC. 5) After the service pack is installed, you can delete your temporary directory (unless you intend for other users to install the service pack from this same directory). For advanced users ------------------ It may not be necessary to download all of the subcomponent .exe's. If you see a .exe that doesn't contain a component of iSeries Access for Windows that you or your clients use, you can skip downloading that .exe. If you install the service pack and find that you omitted a subcomponent .exe you needed, you can install the service pack again after downloading that .exe. The content of each subcomponent .exe is listed below: Base.exe (this is a required file for all service pack installs) -- 6.0 MB -------- Contains fixes for Express Required Programs and the service pack install support files. DataAcc.exe -- 1.1 MB ----------- Contains fixes for Data Transfer, ODBC, and OLE DB Provider components. iNav1.exe -- 12.2 MB --------- Contains fixes for iSeries Navigator Base Support. iNav2.exe -- 13.2 MB --------- Contains fixes for iSeries Navigator Database component. iNav3.exe -- 11.5 MB --------- Contains fixes for the remaining iSeries Navigator components. JToolBox.exe (required with iSeries Navigator) -- 5.5 MB ------------ Contains fixes for the Toolbox for Java component. This component is required by iSeries Navigator. OpCon.exe -- 1.9 MB --------- Contains fixes for Operations Console and EZ-Setup components. Pc5250.exe -- 5.1 MB ---------- Contains fixes for Standard Pc5250 Base Support, Pc5250 PDF/PDT, and Pc5250 fonts components. Printers.exe -- 2.1 MB ------------ Contains fixes for AFP Workbench Viewer component. Redirecting .exe expansion to another directory/device ------------------------------------------------------ If you would like to expand the service pack install image files to a writeable CD, you could use the following syntax for each of the .exe files: Base.exe D: (where D: is your CD drive) To direct the expansion to another, already existing, clean directory, use the following syntax: Base.exe C:\newdir (where C:\newdir is the name of your directory) Combining the service pack with a tailored iSeries Access for Windows installation image ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The iSeries Access for Windows service pack PTFs are combined with the original iSeries Access for Windows installation image in QIBM\ProdData\Access\Windows\Install\Image NOTE: this directory is a symbolic link to QIBM\ProdData\CA400\Express\Install\Image There is one physical directory - either of these paths will access the directory. This means that a user can install (or upgrade) iSeries Access for Windows from this combined image directory and get the latest applied service level automatically in one integrated step - since the original installation image files have been replaced by updated versions via the service pack PTF. Selectively installing components from this combined image directory will also automatically get the latest applied service level for that component. If you tailor the Client Access Express install image to another directory (for instance, on another server), using the Create Tailored Installation Image (cwbinimg.bat) tool, you can use the PTFFORM.EXE download in the FTP directory to duplicate the function of applying the iSeries PTF by following these steps: 1. Download PTFFORM.EXE (from the tailored/ FTP directory) to a clean temporary directory. 2. Run PTFFORM.EXE to expand the service pack files. 3. Delete PTFFORM.EXE after expansion. NOTE: There should be 54 files making up 58.2 MB in this temporary directory at this point. 4. Copy the contents of this temporary directory into a iSeries Access for Windows installation image directory, selecting the option to replace any existing file. Now you have combined this service pack level with the iSeries Access for Windows installation image, so that users can install iSeries Access for Windows plus this service pack in one integrated step. Note that this procedure also works if the installation image has already been combined with a prior service pack level. This procedure will replace the prior service level in the combined image with this new level. Alternatively, if you have a full copy of the original iSeries Access for Windows install image in a directory, you can combine PTFFORM.EXE with this full image, using the same 4-step procedure detailed above. Then you can run Create Tailored Installation Image (cwbinimg.bat) from this full image directory, to create tailored image directories that will automatically have the service pack merged in. Tailoring from a full image after combining PTFFORM.EXE takes more time, but results in a more efficient resulting image from a disk space standpoint.