How to Create a Release DVD

Introduction

This How To is about creating a Release DVD on an MCP system.

The Release DVD contains all the files which are associated with a particular MCP release level, both MCP and Windows.

This example creates a Release DVD for the MCP 4.9 HMP 8 System.

Ingredients

The CDs distributed with the MCP release (Symbol1_49150, Symbol2_49150, System1_49150, System2_49150,System_491SDSKeys and System_491SDKeys and NetSystem_49114).
The Documentation CD (MCP_81) distributed with the MCP release.
The Network Services (NNS80v8009signed) CD distributed with the release.
The latest Interim Corrections (ICs), unzipped as a set of '.con' wrapped containers. These can be downloaded from Unisys, for example by anonymous FTP from www.unisys.com/pub/aseries/containers/491.
The Metalogic Documentation .pdf files, which can be downloaded from www.metalogoc.eu.com.
The zipped CopyWrite for NT software, which can be downloaded from www.metalog.com.
A Windows 2000 system with CopyWrite for NT installed.

Method

Create a directory on the build Volume (E:) called MCP491HMP8. This is where all the bits and pieces will be assembled.

Create a subdirectory called CDs. Copy each CD which contains MCP files as a CD Image with the the same name as the CD Volume. The Metalogic|CopyWrite|Devices|Volume Copy utility can be used to copy each Volume as a CD Image.

Start the Metalogic|CopyWrite|Image Files|Combine Volumes utility on Windows. Use the Source menu to select all the IC containers. Use the Destination menu to specify the combined image as IC491.mcp in the CDs directory. Set the Volume Name to IC491 and press the Combine button to create a combined CD Image which contains the latest Interim Corrections.

Create a Docs subdirectory. Mount the Documents CD (MCP_81) and Copy the contents from the CD into the Docs directory using Explorer (Select All (CTRL-A), Copy (CTRL-C) and then Paste (CTRL-V)).

Create a NNS subdirectory. Mount the Network Services CD (NNS80v8009signed) and Copy the contents from the CD into the Docs directory using Explorer.

Create a VM subdirectory. Mount the Scorpion Virtual Machine CD and Copy the contents from the CD into the VM directory using Explorer.

Create a CopyWrite subdirectory. Copy the CopyWrite release software from www.metalogic.eu.com, and unzip it into the CopyWrite directory.

Create a Metalogic subdirectory. Copy the Metalogic .pdf documents available from the www.metalog.com website into the Metalogic directory, or a subdirectory created for each product.

Create an LX subdirectory. Copy the patched SYSTEM/LOADER which allows a ColdStart from a Hybrid Library/Maintenance-Joliet CD Volume. See the How To Patch SYSTEM/LOADER for an LX100.

Start the Metalogic|CopyWrite|Image Files|Combine Volumes utility on Windows. Use the Source menu to select all the MCP CD Images, including both the Release CD Images and the combined IC CD Image (IC491.mcp). Use the Destination menu to specify the combined image as MCP491.mcp. Set the Volume Name to MCP491 and the SerialNo to 491150. Press the Combine button to make the combined Library/Maintenance CD Image.

The MCP files are now in the CD Image called MCP491.mcp.

Start the Metalogic|CopyWrite|ODT|Script Editor and load the ExtractInstalls.vbs Script.

Dim Selector,FileSystem,Reason
'  ***** Select the A-Series Disk Volume *****
Set Selector=CreateObject("CopyWriteInterface.SelectorX")
If Not Selector.SelectVolume("E:\MCP491HMP8\CDs\MCP491.mcp",Reason) then
  Spout(Reason)
End If
Spout("There are " & Selector.FileCount & " Files on the Disk")
'  ***** Select the Big Files *****
For Each File In Selector 
  If (File.FileStructure = 1) AND (File.FileLength > 0) then
    Set F=File.Title
    If (F.FileIds > 2) then
      F.ConvertEBCDICToASCII
      If (F.FileId(1) = "SYSTEM") AND (F.FileId(2) = "INSTALLS") then
        Spout(F.ToASeriesDisplay)
        Selector.Selected(File.FileNo)=TRUE
      End If
    End If
  End If
Next
Spout("Selected " & Selector.nSelected & " Files")
If (Selector.nSelected > 0) then
   If Not Selector.ExtractToDirectory("E:MCP491HMP8\NX",Reason) then
      Spout(Reason)
   End If
End If
Spout("End of Script")

This script extracts the NX Services Installation files from the MCP491.mcp Image and puts them into the NX\SYSTEM\INSTALLS\= directory. The files for each product include a README.TXT and a Microsoft Installer file (.MSI). This allows the NX Services products to be installed from the DVD directly.

The next step is to create a Windows ISO9660-Joliet CD Image. This example uses the CDRWIN software from www.goldenhawk.com.

Create an ISO9660-Joliet CD Image called MCP491HMP8.iso with the Docs, NNS, VM, NX, CopyWrite, Metalogic and LX directories created before.

Start the Metalogic|CopyWrite|Image Files|Make Hybrid utility on Windows. Use the Library/Maintenance menu and select the MCP491HMP8.mcp file. Use the ISO9660/Joliet menu and select the MCP491HMP8.iso file. Use the Hybrid menu and set the hybrid filename to MCP491HMP8Hybrid.mcp. Press the Make Hybrid button to create the hybrid.

The hybrid created for this example was 4GB (3,997,756,000 Bytes).

The Library/Maintenance-Joliet hybrid CD Image can be burnt onto a DVD.

Use the Metalogic|CopyWrite|Image Files|Devices|Burn DVD utility to burn the DVD with a Pioneer DVR-A04 device.