Perform these preparatory tasks before you schedule your software installation. Allow ample time (a few weeks or days before the installation) to complete these tasks before you perform the actual installation tasks.
Careful, complete, and early preparation saves a considerable amount of time and can help make your software installation on your new server or logical partition run smoothly.
If you are setting up logical partitions, you will need to plan in advance of your installation and have a basic understanding of logical partitions, your software requirements, and your hardware requirements. For iSeries™ 8xx and earlier models, refer to the topic Plan for logical partitions . For IBM® System i5, System p5, and IBM eServer™ i5 and p5 systems, see the topic Planning for logical partitions . You can also have different release levels on different partitions. For directions on how to do these correctly for iSeries 8xx and earlier models, see the topic Manage logical partitions . For IBM System i5, System p5, and IBM eServer i5 and p5 systems, see the topic Managing i5/OS™ logical partitions .