Downloading IBM OS images

You can download the IBM® OS installation images for Cloud Pak System from the IBM Passport Advantage® Online website.

About this task

The IBM OS image for Red Hat® Linux® Systems is a base image that is used in Cloud Pak System for virtual application patterns and shared services deployment.

The core OS image includes the operating system and the infrastructure to bootstrap the Cloud Pak System pattern engine in the system.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Find Downloads and Media web page on the IBM Passport Advantage Online website.
  2. Select the Find by part number search option under Download finder options.
  3. Search for each downloadable image by part number.

    See the link in the "System maintenance and pre-entitled component updates in Cloud Pak System" technote that corresponds to your product version for the part number.

  4. Download all of the required parts.
  5. Use a file extracting utility that supports large file extractions to unpack each of the parts into a single, temporary directory on your system.