<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="task" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Minimizing software installation time" /> <meta name="abstract" content="These actions can minimize the time required to install your system." /> <meta name="description" content="These actions can minimize the time required to install your system." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="prepareswupgrade.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="minimizeinstalltime" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Minimizing software installation time</title> </head> <body id="minimizeinstalltime"><a name="minimizeinstalltime"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Minimizing software installation time</h1> <div><p>These actions can minimize the time required to install your system.</p> <div class="section"> <ul><li>Use the automatic installation process rather than performing a manual installation process. <a href="rzahcswinstallprocess.htm#rzahcswinstallprocess">Software installation process</a> has information on both methods.</li> <li>If you are not using the automatic installation process, be sure to set the QSYSOPR message queue in *BREAK mode before you start the installation process.</li> <li>Perform the licensed program installation with all subsystems ended (ENDSBS *ALL). If you are performing an automatic installation, you are operating in the preferred environment. This environment provides maximum system resources to the installation process and <span>eliminates certain functions.</span></li> <li>If you have a large number of spooled files on your system, set the compress job tables IPL attribute to none. To do this, use the Change IPL Attributes command: CHGIPLA CPRJOBTBL(*NONE).</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="prepareswupgrade.htm" title="To prepare the server for software installation, review and perform the preparation tasks that pertain to your server.">Preparing the server for software upgrade or replacement</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>