Determining storage requirements for image catalog installation

 

i5/OS® image catalog installation requires additional storage space to contain the installation images. The amount of system disk-unit storage that you need varies based on what you are installing.

The IBM-supplied media set uses the following storage.

Media
Table 1. Storage sizes for IBM-supplied media
Allocated size (in megabytes)1
I_Base_01 578
B29xx_01 570
B29xx_02 513
B29MM_03 661
B29MM_04 660
D29xx_01 395
D29xx_02 547
D29xx_03 214
D29xx_04 649
D29xx_05 430
D29xx_06 323
L29xx_01 444
L29xx_02 563
Total 6452
1Media and sizes at the time of publication.

To calculate the size of any media not listed in this table, do the following:

  1. Load your media into an optical device.

  2. Enter the Work with Optical Volumes (WRKOPTVOL) command.

  3. Select option 5. Use the value for Volume capacity (bytes) and add 1 MB to get the approximate size allocated for that optical media.

 

Parent topic:

Preparing to upgrade or replace software using an image catalog