Optional: Distribute virtual images

Start of change To distribute the virtual images, complete the following tasks: End of change

Verify that the images are in the correct order WRKIMGCLGE IMGCLG(catalog-name)
If you would like to sort the images, then press PF7 to prompt for the VFYIMGCLG command. Enter *UPGRADE for the type and *YES for the sort field. The server puts the images in the correct order. By default, the volume with the lowest index is mounted; all the other volumes are loaded.
Distribute the virtual images using one of the following methods:
- Distribute the virtual images using FTP
  1. Consider securing the data you plan to distribute using digital certificates for signing objects. When you have finished securing the data you plan to FTP to the target systems, return to this page and FTP the image catalogs and virtual images.
  2. Start an FTP session with a remote system where the image files exist: FTP RMTSYS(remote-system)
  3. Set the file naming format: NAMEFMT 1
  4. Set the remote directory: CD '/directory-name'
  5. Set the local directory: LCD '/directory-name'
  6. Issue the BINARY command to set the transfer type: BINARY
  7. Issue the MGET to get the image files from the remote system: MGET *
  8. Quit the FTP session: QUIT
- Distribute the image catalog and virtual images using physical media
  To save the image catalog to tape, enter the following command:
```
SAVOBJ OBJ(image-catalog-name) LIB(QUSRSYS) OBJTYPE(*IMGCLG) DEV(device-name)  
```
  To save the image files, enter the following command. (In the following example, the directory name is the name associated with the image catalog.)
```
SAV DEV('/QSYS.LIB/device-name.DEVD') OBJ(('/directory-name')) 
```

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