IBM AIX 4.3, AIX5L manual Starting the migration

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Chapter 4. Starting the migration

This chapter describes the environment used to perform and test the migration process using a straightforward method provided by Network Installation Management (NIM). Depending on the complexity and the size of the environment, different migration paths and plans are useful and important.

For the most common migrations in a current customer environment, the information in this chapter can be used as a basis to start on.

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Contents IBM Page International Technical Support Organization First Edition December Contents Abbreviations and acronyms Copyright License Set ++ TrademarksTeam that wrote this Redpaper PrefaceComments welcome Become a published authorSupported hardware Supported hardware for AIX 5L Supported software levels for Catia and Enovia Supported hardware for Catia and Enovia3lists the minimum required software levels for Enovia Migration methods Definition of migration Reasons to migrateMigration methods New and complete overwrite installation Migration installationMigration sources Preservation installationNetwork Installation Management Alternate disk migrationAIX and compiler CDs Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Planning the migration CDE or TCL/Tk Shell scriptsMicrocode Workstation Last updated VersionIBM Sserver pSeries Customer-Managed Microcode Installation preparationAIX and compiler runtime download Web sites AIX fix delivery center3 C++ runtime Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Starting the migration Hardware layout Migration using NIMWebSM NIM launch panel Accept new license agreement checkmark Migration experiences Post-migration tasks Migration experiences for AIXUmlaute on a German language keyboard Activating spaceball or spacemouse Netscape cannot be launchedDocumentation cannot be launched Migration experiences for Catia and Enovia AIX CDE login hangAppendix A. Fileset and bundle information Example A-1 lslpp -L from AIX Version AIX Version 4.3.3 ML10 filesetsAppendix A. Fileset and bundle information Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information ISA Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information Example A-2 lslpp -L from AIX 5L Version AIX 5L Version 5.1 ML05 filesetsAppendix A. Fileset and bundle information Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Example A-3 AIX 5L Version 5.1 Bundle file AIX 5L Version 5.1 BundleCatia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version PEXPHIGS.dev.pci.14107001 Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Appendix B. Checklists Environment Client checklistServer checklist Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version Abbreviations and acronyms Catia and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version IBM Redbooks Other publicationsOnline resources Help from IBM How to get IBM RedbooksPage Redpaper