Migration terminology
These terms are specific to the i5/OS® data migration process.
If you are moving from one system, hardware feature, or software version to another system, hardware feature, or software version and you are retaining the same system serial number, see Upgrade terminology.
- migration
- Any movement of software or data. When used in this topic, migration refers to any of the following:
- Movement of software or data where the data is used on a different system (with a different system serial number)
- Movement of software or data that skips one or more releases of the software
- A situation where one software feature is converted to another software feature
Contrast migration with upgrade, where the target system retains the serial number of the source system.
- data migration
- The movement of data when the software is upgraded or the data is transferred to a different hardware system or model.
- source system
- The existing system that is being migrated to a new level of software.
- target system
- The planned hardware configuration and software level which will exist when the migration is completed.
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i5/OS data migration conceptsRelated concepts
Data migration conceptsRelated information
Upgrade terminology