Changing the i5/OS primary language

Changing the primary language

Follow these steps to change the primary language on the system or i5/OS^® logical partition. Attention:

You cannot change your primary language to a language you currently have installed as a secondary language on your system. You must delete the secondary language first before you can change it to your primary language. Go to Option 22. Delete secondary languages for more information about deleting secondary languages.

If the primary language and the service tools language do not match, you might need to go to dedicated service tools (DST) and reinstall the correct service tools language. For instructions, see Changing the service tools language on your system or logical partition .

If you have secondary logical partitions, perform these instructions for each partition to which you change the primary language.
Begin at the i5/OS Main Menu (or the menu you chose as your initial menu). Load the first volume of the media that contains the Licensed Internal Code (labeled I_BASE_01). Have the operating system (5722-SS1) media available. This volume is labeled B29xx_01. Also ensure that you have removed other media from devices that are not involved in these procedures.
Do not load your secondary language media at this time.

Use the control panel to switch the mode to Manual.

Type PWRDWNSYS OPTION(*IMMED) RESTART(*YES) and press Enter.
Wait for the IPL or Install the System display to appear on your console.
                               IPL or Install the System                                                            System: XXXX  Select one of the following:  
      1. Perform an IPL       2. Install the operating system       3. Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)
      4. Perform automatic installation of the operating system       5. Save Licensed Internal Code  
 
Type 2 (Install the operating system) and press Enter.
                             Install Device Type Selection                                                            System: XXXX  Select the installation device type:  
      1. Tape       2. Optical       3. Virtual optical - preselected image catalog       4. Current alternate selected device            None
Type 2 (Optical) and press Enter.
The Confirm Install of i5/OS display is shown on your console. Press Enter.
The Select a Language Group display shows the primary language currently installed on the system. Change the primary language of your system by specifying the language feature code of the secondary language media on this display.
For example, assume the primary language is English (2924) and you are using secondary language media to change it to Portuguese (2922). This display would appear showing 2924. You would type 2922.
                             Select a Language Group                                                              System: XXXX  

  The language feature shown is the language feature  installed on the system.
 
 Type choice, press Enter.
 
   Language feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2924
 
 
Type the numbers of the feature code for the language you want and press Enter.
After the language feature code is entered, either the Confirm Language Feature Selection display or the Confirm Select Service Tools Language display appears on your console. Changing the service tools language and the primary language.
Confirm                  Select Service Tools Language  
                                                        
Service language selected . . . . . . . . . :   2938    
                                                        
The IBM Licensed Internal Code (I.BASE.01)  V5R4M5  
media is required.                                      
                                                        
                                                        
Press Enter to confirm your choice to change the service       Tools language.                                   
                                                        
Press F12 to return to change your choice.              
                                                      
                                                     
                                                        
 F12=Cancel                                                       
Confirm Language Feature Selection display when changing the primary language.
                      Confirm Language Feature Selection                     
                                                            System:   SYSTEM1
 Language feature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   2938                      
                                                                             
 Press Enter to confirm your choice for language feature.                    
   Installing the system will continue.                                      
 Press F12 to return to change your choice for                               
   language feature.                                                         
                                                                             
 
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
 F3=Exit   F12=Cancel                                                        
Press Enter.
Some status displays appear on the console. You do not need to respond to any of these status displays. The following is an example of a status display:
                          Licensed Internal Code IPL in Progress  
 IPL:     Type  . . . . . . . . . : 		Attended     Start date and time . . :		 xx/xx/xx		xx:xx:xx     Previous system end . . :		 Normal     Current step/total. . . :   1          16
    Reference code detail . :   C6004050
 IPL step . . . . . . :   Storage Management Recovery  
The following list shows some of the IPL steps that are shown on the IPL Step in Progress display.

Authority Recovery

Journal Recovery

Database Recovery

Journal Synchronization

Start the Operating System

Some of the IPL steps could take a long time.
You see the following display.
                                   MESSAGE                             
                                                                       
MESSAGE ID  . . . . . . :   CPA2055      TYPE . . . . . . . :   INQUIRY FROM PROGRAM  . . . . . :   ITLOADFO     SEVERITY . . . . . :   99     
                                                                       
MESSAGE . . . . . :   THE NEXT VOLUME IN THE SEQUENCE IS NEEDED TO     
  CONTINUE THE INSTALLATION PROCESS.                                   
                                                                       
CAUSE . . . . . . :   THE END OF THE VOLUME HAS BEEN REACHED.          
                                                                       
RECOVERY  . . . . :   LOAD THE NEXT VOLUME ON THE INSTALLATION DEVICE. 
                                                                       
                                                                        
                                                                       
TYPE CHOICE, PRESS ENTER.     
REPLY . . . . .   1         1=CONTINUE, 2=END INSTALLING     
Load the first volume of the IBM-supplied installation media that contains the operating system. (This volume is labeled B29xx_01, where 29xx is the identifier for the primary language.)
The Install the Operating System display appears when the IPL is complete.
                         Install the Operating System  
 Type options, press Enter.
 
   Install      option . . . . .   2            1=Take defaults (No other                                        options are displayed)
                                     2=Change install options  
   Date:      Year . . . . . .  __            00-99
     Month  . . . . .  __            01-12
     Day  . . . . . .  __            01-31
 
  Time:     Hour . . . . . .  __            00-23
    Minute . . . . .  __            00-59
    Second . . . . .  __            00-59      
Type the following and press Enter.

Install option: 2

Date (Use the current year, month, and day.)

Time (Use the current time, 24-hour clock.)
The Installation Status display appears. You do not need to respond to this display.
The Specify Install Options display appears.
                        Specify Install Options  
 Type options, press Enter.
 
   Restore option . . . . . 4        1=Restore programs and language objects                                        from the current media set                                      2=Do not restore programs or                                        language objects                                      3=Restore only language objects                                        from current media set                                      4=Restore only language objects                                        from a different media set using the                                        current install device.
 
 
   Job and output      queues option . . . . 2         1=Clear, 2=Keep  
   Distribute i5/OS on 
     available disk units . . . 2    1=Yes, 2=No  
Type either of the following for the restore option:

3 (Restore only language objects from current media set) if you are installing from the primary language media.

4 (Restore only language objects from a different media set using the current install device) if you are installing from the secondary language media.

Type 2 for the Job and output queues option and press Enter.
Based on the type of media you are using, perform either of the following steps:
If you are using secondary language media, the Installation Status display appears. You do not need to respond to this display. When the following message appears, load the volume that contains secondary language media, which is labeled N29xx. The value 29xx is the feature code of the secondary language.
                                Message  
Message ID  . . . . . . :   CPA2057       Type . . . . . . :   Inquiry From program  . . . . . :   XXXXXXX       Severity . . . . :   99
 
Language ID . . . . . . :   2922
 
Message . . . . . . :   The installation media containing language objects   for the system language is needed to continue the installation 
  process.
 
Recovery  . . . . . :   Load the installation media containing language objects   for the specified language.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Type choice, press Enter.
 
   Reply . . . . .   1            1=Continue, 2=End installing  
Type 1 and press Enter.
The system searches through the media and loads the necessary language information. The Installation Status display appears, indicating that the language is being changed (in stage 3). The installation continues through the remaining stages. This display does not require a response.
If you are using primary language media, insert the correct media when you are prompted.
After the base part of the operating system has been changed to the new primary language, the Sign On display appears on your console. Continue with the steps to change the language objects for the licensed programs in Installing the licensed programs after changing the primary language.
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Changing the primary language of your system or logical partition
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