Related information for software installation
This list includes related sources of information for i5/OS® software installation or upgrades.
Manuals
- Memo to Users (about 50 pages)
This document provides information about software and hardware changes that could potentially affect your system operations.
- Backup and Recovery
(about 600 pages)
This document provides general information about i5/OS backup and recovery options. Topics include saving your system, restoring to different releases of i5/OS (OS/400®), and selecting the right recovery strategy.
IBM Redbooks™
- IBM System i5™ Handbook
This book provides a product overview of the eServer™ and IBM® Systems i5 and System i™ servers. It discusses the features, functions, and technical specifications for server models offered today, and identifies the software supported by the current product line. Use this Web page to search for the correct version.
- iSeries and TotalStorage: A Guide to Implementing External Disk on eServer i5; SG24-7120
This book is used for planning and implementation considerations when booting to i5/OS from the load-source disk unit that is attached via the 2847 I/O processor.
Web sites
- Support for IBM System i
This Web site contains tools and resources such as preventive service planning (PSP) information and authorized problem analysis reports (APARs) that help you with your software installation.
- IBM System i Support: Planning
This Web site provides links to a variety of planning tools and information.
- System i Support Planning: Migration and Upgrades
This Web site provides product previews, Statements of Directions, and information on products or features that might not be supported in future releases of the i5/OS operating system or on future System i models.
- IBM System i services
This Web site contains information on the services IBM has available for System i maintenance services.
- IBM Electronic Service Agent for iSeries
This Web site provides information on Electronic Service Agent™, which is part of the i5/OS operating system. Electronic Service Agent provides a hardware problem reporting function that predicts and prevents hardware errors by early detection of potential problems, downloads, fixes, and automatically calls IBM Service when necessary. Supplemental service information to aid in problem determination is sent and made available to IBM support centers for timely and proactive problem resolution.
- Entitled software support
From this Web site you can download licensed programs, manage your software keys, and manage your Proofs of Entitlement. If you have a Software Maintenance Agreement (SWMA), you can order software upgrades.
- Electronic software delivery
This Web site provides additional information on downloading IBM licensed programs and preparing for installation.
Other information in the i5/OS Information Center
- The Backup and recovery category contains information on how to plan a backup and recovery strategy, how to set up disk protection for your data, how to back up your system, and how to control your system shutdown in the event of a failure. It also includes information about the Backup, Recovery, and Media Services plug-in to iSeries™ Navigator.
- The Basic system operations topic collection contains information on i5/OS basic operations, concepts, and analyzing and reporting system problems.
- The Logical partitions topic collection describes how you distribute resources within a single system to make it function as if it were two or more independent systems.
- The Maintaining and managing i5/OS and related software topic collection indicates how you can manage and maintain fixes and licensed programs in your network.
- The Distributing software topic collection describes how you can distribute some or all of the programs on a system, including the operating system, to another system.