Reusing a POF in a subsequent installation

Assume that you customized the values in your POF, and now you are installing a new release of a product. To avoid having to customize the values again, you can specify that the Installation System use your existing POF to populate the values in the new initial POF.

The new POF contains your current values plus any new keywords (and their values) for the new release.

To reuse a POF

  1. Run the Installation System.

  2. From the Install System JCL Generation File Information panel, in the Use Existing POF to Populate the New Product Options File field, type Y.

    AJXP041             Install System DB2 Administrative Components               
    Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                  
    Product Options File name (POF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJXD1POF           
                                                                                  
    Use Existing POF to Populate the New Product Options File . Y   (Y/N)          
                                                                                  
     Press PF1 HELP for more information regarding the POF, its use, and how       
     to avoid having to reenter the information for SSID installs.                 
                                                                                  
    Verify the ACS Common SQL API Alias Qualifier and the Collection ID.        
    BMC Software Inc. recommends accepting the defaults.                           
    To make changes, type over the values shown.                                   
                                                                                  
    Alias Creator . . . . . . . . . . ACS131D
                                                                                  
    ACS                                                                            
    Collection ID   . . . . . . . . . ACS131_D_MAIN                                
                                                                                  
    Execution for DB2                                                              
    Collection ID   . . . . . . . . . AEX131_D_MAIN                                
                                                                                  
        Press Enter to continue or F12 to go back.

  3. Enter the names of the data set and member for the existing POF in the above figure.For the member name, use the name of the POF that is used as the initial POF when you invoke the product.

    AJXP044            Install System JCL Generation File Information
    Command ===> __________________________________________________________________

    Enter the data set and member name of an existing Product Options File (POF)
    that is to be used to seed the new POF.  An existence check will be
    performed, including verifying the specified member has a format
    consistent with the POF format.

    POF Data Set . . . . . . . ______________________________________________
    POF Member   . . . . . . . ________

Related topic

Setting-product-options


 

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