Upgrade planning
Every upgrade is unique. Adequate planning for an upgrade will help minimize your downtime and make performing the upgrade easier.
You might be upgrading from one server to another. Or, you might be upgrading your i5/OS® release. If you have hardware features that will not work on the target server, plan to replace or convert those features either before or during the upgrade. There are additional considerations for upgrading a partitioned server.
You can view planning tasks or create a customized planning checklist using the information available in the Planning topic of the IBM® Systems Hardware Information Center. To use this information, you need to know specific information about your order, such as model release, features, and any additional solutions you have ordered. Return to this topic when you have completed the planning tasks in the checklist for your environment.
You can also review a number of scenarios that describes a current environment and a target environment, and then explains how to upgrade from that current environment to the target environment.
When you have completed the tasks in your custom planning checklist, your next step is to perform the upgrade.
IBM offers its customers the option of running both the source and target servers side by side for a period of time. You can use that time to move your data, expansion units, and partitions to the target server. This option is available for purchase as RPQ 847156. For information regarding the terms and conditions of this request for price quotation (RPQ), contact your marketing representative.
If you choose, IBM Migration Services can help you in planning and upgrading to the latest iSeries™ models. This service includes a planning session to discuss customer requirements. For more information, see the IBM Migration Services Web site.
Parent topic:
Upgrading your iSeries serverRelated concepts
Upgrade process Partitioned-server upgrades Performing the upgrade Performing the hardware feature change