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.
Table 1. Storage sizes for IBM-supplied media 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:
- Load your media into an optical device.
- Enter the Work with Optical Volumes (WRKOPTVOL) command.
- 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