Setting up the virtual optical device on the client system

After you set up the Network File System server to share images, proceed with these steps to set up virtual optical device on the client.

To set up the virtual optical device type 632B-003 on the client, follow these steps.
  1. If you do not use Local Area Network (LAN) console, configure a service tools server for the virtual optical device to use. See Configuring the service tools server for DST for details.
  2. Create a device description for the virtual optical device. 
    CRTDEVOPT DEVD(NETOPT) RSRCNAME(*VRT) LCLINTNETA(*SRVLAN) 
RMTINTNETA('X.X.XXX.XXX') NETIMGDIR('/pubs')
    Note:
    • The RMTINTNETA is the remote internet address of the Network File system (NFS) server where this virtual optical device will look for virtual image files
    • The NETIMGDIR parameter specifies the network path on the Network File System (NFS) server containing the virtual image files that were prepared for use with this device. The path is limited to 127 characters. The character set is limited to A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and / (slash).
  3. Vary on the virtual optical device. The virtual_device_name specified on the VRYCFG command should be the same as the name specified for DEVD on the CRTDEVOPT command. 
    VRYCFG CFGOBJ(virtual_device_name)  CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)
The virtual optical device is now ready for use with the shared image files.