IBM AIX 4.3, AIX5L manual Preface, Team that wrote this Redpaper

Preface

This IBM Redpaper is a guide covering the migration of the AIX operating system from AIX Version 4.3 to AIX 5L in a CATIA or ENOVIA environment.

This document was written to guide an AIX administrator through the steps of a migration to AIX 5L, and provides the experiences made during the migration from AIX Version 4.

Professionals wishing to acquire a better understanding of the migration process may consider reading this document. The intended audience includes:

￿Customers

￿Sales and marketing professionals

￿Technical support professionals

￿IBM Business Partners

This publication does not replace the latest pSeries and PLM marketing materials and tools. It is intended as an additional source of information that, together with existing sources, may be used to enhance your knowledge of software migration. During the development of this publication, several migrations were performed to successfully verify software migration on different machines and configurations.

At the time of writing, Dassault Systemes AIX 5L support for CATIA and ENOVIA is only on Version 5.1. However, since the support for AIX 5L Version 5.2 is planned for the near future, this documentation can also be used to migrate into a AIX 5L Version 5.2 environment.

For specific information about the differences between AIX releases refer to the AIX Differences Guide Version 5.2 Edition, SG24-5765, which describes AIX 5L Version 5.1 and 5.2 enhancements.

The team that wrote this Redpaper

This Redpaper was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center, and remote locations.

Volker Haug is a Certified Senior IT specialist for pSeries and RS/6000® systems in Stuttgart, Germany. He has more than 16 years of experience in the IT industry, and holds a degree in Business Management from the University of Cooperative Education in Stuttgart.

Volker is the worldwide pSeries technical support community leader for IBM UNIX workstations, entry servers, and IBM Sserver BladeCenter JS20 supporting IBM sales,

Business Partners, SIs and ISVs. His areas of expertise include IBM UNIX workstations and servers, BladeCenters, graphics, MCAD applications, and AIX® systems management.

Gregor Linzmeier is an IBM Advisory IT Specialist for RS/6000 and pSeries workstation and entry servers as part of the Web Server Sales Organization in Mainz, Germany. Gregor is a member of the Workstation Technology Focus Group, supporting IBM sales, Business Partners, and customers with pre-sales consultation and implementation of client/server environments. He has worked for more than 13 years as an infrastructure specialist for RT, RS/6000, pSeries, and AIX in large CATIA or electronics design projects.

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