Changing the primary language

Follow these steps to change the primary language on the server or 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 you have secondary logical partitions, you must 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 operating system (5722-SS1). This volume is labeled B29xx_01. Also ensure that you have removed other media from devices that are not involved in these procedures.
Note: 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
 Note:  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, the Confirm Language Feature Selection display appears on your console. 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.

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:
1. 3 (Restore only language objects from current media set) if you are installing from the primary language media.
2. 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.