Upgrade the IBM iSeries Integration for Windows Server licensed program

If you are upgrading i5/OS™ and IBM® iSeries™ Integration for Windows Server to V5R4, you need the CD containing 5722-SS1. If you also plan to install new Integrated xSeries® Server hardware, make sure you complete this software installation first. As you follow the upgrade procedure in the iSeries Software Installation manual Link to PDF., take these additional steps:

Preparing to upgrade:

  1. Ensure that you have the latest code fixes installed on all your existing integrated Windows servers, as well as on your i5/OS. See Code fixes.
  2. Ensure that you have a system backup available that includes the storage allocated to your integrated servers.
  3. As a precaution, record the associated resources for your hardware:
    1. On the i5/OS command line, type WRKCFGSTS *NWS and press Enter.
    2. Type 8 in the option column next to the network server description. The Work with Network Server Descriptions display appears.
    3. Type 5 in the option column next to the network server description.
    4. Page down until you see the field Resource name and record the value for this network server (for example, LIN05).
    5. Press F12 twice to back out of this command.
    6. On the i5/OS command line, type WRKHDWRSC TYPE(*CMN) and press Enter.
    7. Type 7 (Display resource detail) in the option column next to the resource name that you identified in step 3 d. The type column has the CCIN number for the Integrated xSeries Server hardware, and the text description should be File Server IOP or File Server IOA.
    8. If you have multiple Integrated xSeries Servers of the same type installed on your iSeries, you may be able to identify the correct one by card position:
      1. look at the Card Position under the Physical Location heading.
      2. Look at the labels on the slots of your iSeries. One slot should be labeled with the same number or combination of letters and numbers shown in the Card Position field. This slot contains the Integrated xSeries Server to which the resource name refers.
    9. Record the information that appears in the Type-model and Serial number fields.
    10. Press F12 twice to back out of the command.
  4. Vary off all of your integrated servers. See Start and stop an integrated server.

To install the new version of i5/OS on your iSeries, return to the procedure in the iSeries Software Installation manual Link to PDF..

After upgrading i5/OS, complete these additional steps:

  1. Start the integrated server (see Start and stop an integrated server) and verify that it has the same resource name:
    1. On the i5/OS command line, type WRKHDWRSC TYPE(*CMN) and press Enter.
    2. Type 7 (Display resource detail) in the option column next to the resource name that you identified in step 3d. Verify that the information that appears in the Type-model and Serial number fields match what you recorded for this resource.
    3. If these fields do not match what you recorded, do this:
      1. Press F12 to back out to the previous display.
      2. Use option 7 to display the resource details for other resource names in the list until you find the one whose Type-model and Serial number match those your recorded. Note the resource name that i5/OS now associates with this Integrated xSeries Server hardware. Press F12 to back out of this command.
      3. On the i5/OS command line, type WRKNWSD and press Enter. The Work with Network Server Descriptions display appears.
      4. Type 2 (change) in the option column next to the network server description and press Enter. The Change Network Server Description display appears.
      5. Change the resource name to the new correct resource name for this network server.
  2. Install IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support on your existing integrated servers. See Install IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support.