Upgrade TG Products on IBM i System
Use this task to upgrade the available TG products on an IBM i system. This task describes the following:
Extract Installation Files
To extract the installation files
1) Locate the tginstall.zip.
2) Save the zip file to the desired location on the server.
3) Extract the files.
Locate SAVF File
To locate the SAVF file
1) Access the unzipped installation files.
2) Locate the tginstall.savf file.
Log into FTP on the IBM i Server
To log into FTP on the IBM i server
1) At a Windows command prompt, enter the following:
FTP <IBM i system name>
2) Press ENTER.
3) Follow the prompts to enter your login ID and password. (*This must be a *SECOFR class user profile.)
Transfer Installation Program
To transfer the installation file
At the FTP prompt, execute the following commands:
Step | Description | Command |
1. | Change transfer mode to binary | BIN |
2. | Delete old save file on IBM i server | QUOTE RCMD DLTOBJ OBJ(QGPL/TGINSTALL) OBJTYPE(*FILE) |
3. | Create new save file on IBM i server | QUOTE RCMD CRTSAVF QGPL/TGINSTALL |
4. | Transfer tginstall.savf to IBM i server | PUT c:\<path to>\tginstall.savf QGPL/TGINSTALL |
Run Upgrade
To run the upgrade
1) Sign in to your IBM i server using a user profile with *SECOFR user class.
2) At the Selection or command prompt, enter RSTLIB TGINSTALL DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/TGINSTALL) MBROPT(*ALL) ALWOBJDIF(*ALL).
3) Press Enter.
4) IF TG EXIT PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLED:
IMPORTANT: This step must be executed during off-hours since it requires cycling servers which can cause active user jobs to end.
a) At the Selection or command prompt, enter TGINSTALL/TGINSTALL INSTYPE(*UPGRADE) EULA(*ACCEPT) CYCLE(*YES) BATCH(*NO).
5) If TG exit programs are NOT installed:
a) At the Selection or command prompt, enter TGINSTALL/TGINSTALL INSTYPE(*UPGRADE) EULA(*ACCEPT) CYCLE(*NO) BATCH(*NO).
6) Press Enter.