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Replicating a Remote Boot Server Environment
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verify that there were no prerequisite PTFs required prior to installing IBM
Network Station Manager for AS/400 Release 3. However, if the remote
server had been at an earlier release level, then we would need to ensure
that the prerequisite PTFs were installed before doing the following steps.
The prerequisite PTFs are listed for each OS/400
version/release/modification level in the AS/400 Software Knowledge
Database on the Web site: as400service.ibm.com
The title of the document is
OS/400 Pre-Req PTFs for 5648C05 (NSM R3) .
After determining which (if any) system wide, group or user preferences were
common to all remote servers and therefore, be set on the source (SYSAS3)
system, the following steps were used to set up and then replicate the
master
remote
IBM Network Station Manager environment from SYSAS3 system to
the remote AS/400 server, SYSAS4.
1. As shown in Figure 127 on page 220, use IBM Network Station Manager
to omit the 3270 button from the System Defaults Menu Setup Task by
removing the check mark for
Include default menu bar buttons (5250, 3270
and NC Navigator)
and then , adding a 5250 Session button again.
Complete the process by adding an NC Navigator button as shown in
Figure 128 on page 220.
The following steps were used in an environment where both the source
and the target systems were at OS/400 V4R3. These steps were
not tested
with systems at different OS/400 levels. As a result, the following steps
could change if systems at different levels are used. For example, you
would possibly need to change the target release on the
save commands
and install prerequisite PTFs on target AS/400 systems having a release
prior to V4R3 installed (or one different from the source system).
Note
${BOOTHOST} can be used in the AS/400 system parameter if a session
to the boot server is desired. In this case, rather than the user being
prompted for an AS/400 system name or IP address, a 5250 session to
the associated remote boot server is started when the 5250 menu bar
button is selected.
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