IBM manual ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map, SA41-5155-05, Who Should Read This Book

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iSeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map, SA41–5155–05

Use this book as a guide for planning and conducting an upgrade or data migration, from one iSeries 400 or AS/400 reduced instruction set computer (RISC), to another RISC model.

For information on supported releases, see

http://as400service.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/17623433

See “Prerequisite and related information” on page vii for a list of other required and recommended publications.

Who Should Read This Book

This road map is for anyone who is considering an upgrade for an iSeries server or is involved in migrating data from one RISC model to another RISC model. This audience includes:

vCustomers

vHardware services personnel

vSoftware services personnel

vBusiness partners

vMarketing representatives

Everyone involved in the model upgrade or data migration needs to know all of the information in this book.

Each customer should have a Customer Account Team Leader. This team leader can be a Hardware Service Representative, Software Service Representative, Business Partner, or Marketing Representative. The Availability Center usually assigns a Customer Account Team Leader.

Conventions and Terminology Used in This Book

This road map identifies activities, programs, tools, and references that you can use to upgrade the model.

As you read this book, you should be aware of the following terms:

vThe terms source system and target system are used throughout this manual. The source system is the system you are upgrading from. The target system is the system you are upgrading to.

vThe term Marketing Representative can mean either an IBM Marketing Representative, a Business Partner, or a Services Specialist.

vThe term 1xx includes Model 150 or 170.

vThe term 2xx includes Model 250 or 270.

vThe term 4xx includes Model 400, 40S, or 436.

vThe term 5xx includes Model 50x, 50S, 510, or 530.

vThe term Sxx includes Model S10, S20, S30, S40, SB1, SB2, or SB3.

vThe term 6xx includes Model 600, 620, 640, or 650.

vThe term 7xx includes Model 720, 730, or 740.

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Contents ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map Page ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map Sixth Edition May Contents Iv iSeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Who Should Read This Book ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map, SA41-5155-05Conventions and Terminology Used in This Book V4R4M0 Prerequisite and related information Under the System Planning and Installation topicOperations Navigator How to send your commentsISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map, SA41-5155-05 ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 What is in this Road Map? Overview of RISC-to-RISC Upgrades and Data MigrationsUpgrade process flow What is an Upgrade?What is a Data Migration? How Long will the Upgrade Take?Hardware Investment for Upgrading Data migration process flow How Long will the Data Migration Take? Books to Use for Software Release UpgradesISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Planning Your Order for Upgrading or Data Migration Determining Your Upgrade NeedsHow to Gather Performance Information How to Gather Configuration InformationHardware Considerations Prerequisites Before Placing an OrderVersion 4 Software Items Other Software Related ItemsServices and Other Assistance System Configuration ConsiderationsModel-specific Considerations for Placing an Order Upgrading from a 4xx, 5xx, Sxx, or 6xx to a Migrating from a 5xx to an Who is Responsible for Ordering the Upgrade? Placing the Upgrade OrderUpgrading from a 6xx or 7xx to an Sending the Order to a Software Service Provider Other Than How to Get Help with the OrderSending the Order to IBM ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Who is Responsible for Upgrading the System Procedure for an Upgrade RISC-to-RISCPreparing the Current System What to Do When the Hardware ArrivesThis is where you load the new operating system Preparing for System Assurance prior to hardware upgrade Print Disk Configuration Status of the installed system ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 System Assurance Checkpoint Managing your new system I/O resources Installing the Hardware for the RISC-to-RISC UpgradeInformation Center under System planning and installation ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Change Description Label display appears Perform a normal IPL Performing a new system backupProcedure for an Upgrade RISC-to-RISC Systems Management Work management- Work Management Manuals Prerequisites for data migration Risc to Risc Procedure for a Data Migration RISC-to-RISCPreparing the source system for the migration Data migration RISC-to-RISC Procedure for a Data Migration RISC-to-RISC ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 ISeries Planning and Migration Services Appendix A. AS/400 Global ServicesISeries and AS/400 Data Migration Services Lpar Planning and Implementation ServicesPerformance Examinations Related Support ServicesAS/400 Solution Services Installation Services Consulting ServicesMidrange Enhanced Software Service Mress ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 IBM Http Server for AS/400 Appendix B. Considerations and SolutionsClustering and Logical Partitions SRC A900 2000 RecoveryOperations Console OptiConnect Integrated Netfinity ServerHow to Move Freed Database Files without New Members Command to restore the file. For a logical file, use PTF ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Appendix D. Notices IBM TrademarksAppendix D. Notices ISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 Rtvcfgsrc IndexISeries 940x RISC-to-RISC Road Map V5R1 How satisfied are you that the information in this book is Readers’ Comments We’d Like to Hear from YouBusiness Reply Mail Page SA41-5155-05