Installing iSeries Access for Windows from a Windows network drive

 

You can install iSeries™ Access for Windows® on your PC from a Windows network drive.

  1. Map a drive to the location where the installation image is located.

  2. Double-click setup.exe to start the setup program.

  3. Once the iSeries Access for Windows setup program begins, follow the instructions and online help in the program.

Your administrator can use the tailored installation function to copy all or part of iSeries Access for Windows to a network drive on a Windows system. For more information about tailored installations, see Creating and using a tailored installation image of iSeries Access for Windows.

Notes:

  1. During installation of iSeries Access for Windows from a Windows network drive, you cannot install plug-ins and secondary languages from the System i™ platform. These products and features are not packaged with iSeries Access for Windows. After the installation completes, you can use Selective Setup to add these components. When Selective Setup is run, specify the appropriate directory. The default directory is the last directory that was used in install or selective install.

  2. To get plug-ins and secondary languages, select the system that has these components as your source directory during Selective Setup.

  3. If your administrator plans to store service packs or new releases in a different location or if you want to change the install source for automatic Service Pack and release upgrades, use the Service page of iSeries Access for Windows Properties after the installation completes. If you are installing iSeries Access for Windows for the first time, CheckVersion automatically receives new service packs and new releases from the drive and directory where the initial install occurred.

  4. See the online help and the i5/OS® Information Center for more information about plug-ins and service.

 

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Installing iSeries Access for Windows on the PC