Checklist: Completing the upgrade or replacement

Use this checklist to complete the IBM® i5/OS™ upgrade or replacement processes.

  1. If you still have default passwords for your service tools user IDs, change them now. For information on service tools user IDs, see Change service tools user IDs and passwords .
  2. Remove the media volume when the installation is complete. If your media is tape, wait for the tape to rewind completely.
  3. If you have any IBM or non-IBM products with special installation instructions, install these products now. Check the product's documentation, and follow any special instructions.
  4. For logical partitions only:
    Attention: For iSeries™ 8xx and earlier models, do not perform the next step (step 5) to install the cumulative PTF package until after you are aware of the unique PTF installation considerations involved on a server with logical partitions. You could potentially lose data. Refer to the topic Install fixes on systems with logical partitions to understand how to install the cumulative PTF package on a system with logical partitions.
  5. Install the most current cumulative PTF package. (This package should have been ordered a week or two before your installation.) Use the instructions in the PTF Shipping Information Letter. Then return here and continue with the next step.
    Note: If you do not install the cumulative PTF package now, you need to perform an IPL and let the Initialize System (INZSYS) process complete. Before you do, set the IPL type to B (or the IPL type you use for everyday operation) and then set the mode selection to Normal. Initialize System (INZSYS) recovery has more information on INZSYS.
  6. Apply any PTF groups that you have ordered. For more information on PTF groups, refer to Reviewing software PTF (fix) requirements. To apply PTF groups, refer to the cover letter and instructions for the program temporary fix (PTF). For general information on applying PTFs, go to Install fixes .
  7. If your IBM System i5 or IBM eServer™ i5 system is operating as a service partition and your server is not being managed by a Hardware Management Console, you might be required to perform a server IPL. A server IPL is an IPL whereby all logical partitions on the server are shut down at the same time. This allows, for example, a new level of the server firmware to be activated on the server.

    You might be required to perform a server IPL after you apply or remove a PTF on the service partition if that PTF affects the server firmware portion of the Licensed Internal Code. You also might be required to perform a server IPL after you upgrade or install a new level of the Licensed Internal Code on the service partition.

    • To find out if you need to do a server IPL, type DSPPTF 5722999 on the i5/OS control language (CL) command line and press Enter. If a server IPL is required, message CPD35F8 Server IPL required is shown at the bottom of the display.
    • To find out if your system is operating as a service partition, type DSPPTF 5729999 on the CL command line and press Enter. If your system is operating as a service partition, the IPL Source field indicates the copy of the server firmware that was used on the previous server IPL.
    Note: When shutting down your service partition for eServer i5 models, reference codes D6xx430B or D6xx430A could be displayed for an extended amount of time. The xx should increment periodically and is a normal part of processing when server firmware code is being updated. Allow the server to complete the processing. Do not interrupt this process.
  8. Look for messages in the install history log that indicate the status of the Initialize System (INZSYS) process.
    1. Type GO LICPGM and press Enter.
    2. Type 50 (Display log) on the Work with Licensed Programs display, and press Enter.
    3. The Display Install History display appears. Press Enter.

    The Display History Log Contents display appears. If you do not see either of the following messages on the display, wait a few minutes and select option 50 again. Find the message Initialize System (INZSYS) started. After this message appears, wait for a period of time and look for the Initialize System (INZSYS) processing completed successfully message (CPC37A9). If you do not see message CPC37A9 on the display, go to Initialize System (INZSYS) recovery to determine the problem.

  9. If you used an image catalog to perform your upgrade, consider the following tasks:
    1. You might want to remove all installation images from your server. To delete the catalog and all the optical images (image files), type the following:
      DLTIMGCLG IMGCLG(mycatalog) KEEP(*NO)
    2. If you used the Start ASP Balance (STRASPBAL) command to end the allocation for storage in the load-source disk unit before you upgraded, enter the Start ASP Balance (STRASPBAL) command to resume the allocation of storage for the load-source disk unit. 
      STRASPBAL TYPE(*RSMALC) UNIT(1) 
STRASPBAL TYPE(*CAPACITY) ASP(1) TIMLMT(*NOMAX)
  10. Install software license keys for your i5/OS and keyed products. Use the Work with License Information (WRKLICINF) command to display the installed keyed products to add license key data. For specific instructions, go to Add license key information .

    After updating the license key information, return here and continue with the next step.

  11. After you complete the installation process and before you make a server or partition available to all users, set the usage limit for the software-license managed products. These products are listed on the Proof of Entitlement (POE), invoice, or other documents that you have received with your software order. For products that have a usage limit, you set the usage limit with the Work with License Information (WRKLICINF) command.

    To set your usage limit, do the following:

    1. Type WRKLICINF and press Enter.
    2. On the Work with License Information display, press F11 (Display Usage Information). The usage limit number on each product that is listed on the POE, invoice, or other documents must match the usage limit number on the Work with License Information display for the associated product.
    3. If the usage limit is to be updated, move the cursor to the line that contains the product name whose usage limit is to be updated.
    4. Type 2 (Change) and press Enter.
    5. When the Change License Information display is shown, update the usage limit prompt with the usage limit shown on the POE. In addition, update the threshold prompt with either *CALC or *USGLMT. Do not leave the threshold set to zero.
      Note: If message CPA9E1B [Usage limit increase must be authorized. Press help before replying (C G).] is sent, respond by typing G.
    6. If the POE lists more products than the Work with License Information display, set the usage limits after you install those products.
  12. If you deleted any licensed program libraries or secondary language libraries from either of the library list system values [system library list (QSYSLIBL) or user library list (QUSRLIBL)], change system values QSYSLIBL or QUSRLIBL to add the libraries back in the library list now.
  13. If you changed the verify object signatures during restore (QVFYOBJRST) system value from 4 or 5 to 3 or had unlocked it before your upgrade, change this back to its normal setting. If you changed the allow restore of security sensitive objects (QALWOBJRST) system value to *ALL or had unlocked it before the upgrade, return the value to its normal locked setting.
  14. If you changed the scan control (QSCANFSCTL) system value to minimize future scanning of some objects that are restored before you installed your licensed programs, you can now remove the *NOPOSTRST specification from this system value.
  15. If you changed any other system value such as security level (QSECURITY) during your upgrade, change it back now.
  16. Some of the tasks in this topic require that you change the QSYSOPR severity code filter to 95. If you do not want to continue with this level or you want to change the delivery notification, type CHGMSGQ QSYSOPR DLVRY(xx) SEV(yy) where xx indicates the delivery notification and yy indicates the severity code that you want to use. The system defaults are DLVRY(*HOLD) SEV(0).
  17. If you have installed the product 5722-VI1, Content Manager, you can use the product. However, you must perform post-installation commands. For more information, refer to the Post Installation section in the product document IBM ImagePlus® VisualInfo™ for AS/400®: Planning and Installation Guide, GC34-4585.
  18. If you have not already verified the compatibility of your licensed programs with the i5/OS operating system, do this now. Use LICPGM menu option 10, Display installed licensed programs. If *COMPATIBLE is not listed next to a licensed program, then go to Installed status values and determine how to proceed.
  19. Save your system using your normal save procedures. Refer to the instructions in the Back up your server topic. Make sure that the Initialize System (INZSYS) process is complete before you save your system.
    Note: Before you start a save operation, use the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command to check the status of QDCPOBJx jobs. These jobs decompress objects. There could be more than one QDCPOBJx job. You can start your save operation if these jobs are in an inactive state. If you put the system in a restricted state by ending subsystems, the QDCPOBJx jobs become inactive. The jobs will restart when the system is not in a restricted state. For more information about decompressing objects, see Compressed objects and storage space.
  20. If you plan to install and use the iSeries Information Center either from a workstation or the server, refer to the CD-ROMs that come with your software order: iSeries Information Center, SK3T-4091. This package also includes the PDF versions of iSeries manuals. For the installation instructions, see the readme.txt file.
  21. If you have installed IBM eServer iSeries Access Family products, you might have other tasks that you need to complete. You can find further information about installing iSeries Access Family products in the following sources:
  22. You might have installed licensed programs that require additional installation steps on PCs, or you might have programs that should be installed on PCs through an iSeries Access Family function. If you have products such as these, complete your PC installation by using the instructions for the product.
  23. If you have an Integrated xSeries® Server that you stopped before you began the installation process, restart it now.
    1. Type GO NWSADM on a CL command line. The Network Server Administration display appears.
    2. Select option 2 (Start a network server).
  24. If you installed 5722-TC1, TCP/IP Utilities, go to the topic TCP/IP setup for advanced configuration and setup information.
  25. If you have customized an IBM-supplied program (for example, QSTRUP in library QSYS) in a previous release, make sure that you re-create this program to run correctly in the new release.
  26. If you have duplicated any IBM-supplied objects, you might want to make new duplicates after you install the release. This enables you to take advantage of functions added in the new release. Examples of objects that you might duplicate include the following:
    • Message text descriptions
    • Commands
    • Command defaults
  27. If you use IBM Performance Management for eServer iSeries function, the Collection Services tool, or the Performance Tools for iSeries licensed program and you collected data prior to installing your new release, you need to perform an action to enable the collecting of performance data to continue.
    You have the following choices regarding how to handle your performance data from the prior release:
    • Convert the data.

      Use the Convert Performance Data (CVTPFRDTA) command to convert the data in the collection library.

    • Use the automatic data collection support.
      If you do not convert your performance database files and if Collection Services is started and you specified the option to create database files automatically, a performance library for the prior release files is created. The performance database files are moved to that library. This action allows new files to be created and preserves the existing data files from the previous release. You should be aware of the following items:
      • The library name that is created is QPFRDvrmnn, where vrm is the current version, release, and modification and nn is a unique sequence number starting with 01, for example, QPFRD52001.
      • The library is created with *EXCLUDE public authority. The library is owned by the QSYS user profile, and the owner of the original library is given *ALL authority.
      • All QAPMxxxx files are moved.
      • If you do not want to keep the data from the previous release, you can delete the QPFRDvrmnn library with the Delete Library (DLTLIB) command (DLTLIB qpfrdvrmnn)
    • Delete the QAPMxxxx files.

      If you do not convert your performance database files and do not run Collection Services, you can delete the QAPMxxxx files with the Delete File (DLTF) command (DLTF library/QAPM*).

You have completed upgrading to the new release on your server.

Parent topic: Upgrading or replacing i5/OS and related software