Cleaning up your system before you begin to install a new release
makes more storage space available for the installation process.
To keep your server running smoothly, refer to the topic Basic system
operations .
Consider the following tasks that you can do to
clean up your system and
make more disk space available:
- Use the automatic cleanup option in Operational Assistant to keep your
system free of unnecessary clutter.
- Permanently apply
program temporary fixes (PTFs) that are temporarily applied on your
system if you have not already done so.
- Delete PTF save files and cover letters that are no longer needed. (Use
the Delete PTF (DLTPTF) command to do this.)
- Delete any software applications that you installed from software sampler
CD-ROMs.
- Perform the steps in Deleting licensed programs during cleanup for
licensed programs or optional parts that you no longer use. Read the topics
on deleting licensed programs in Deleting software related to i5/OS for
additional information.
- Have each user perform the tasks in Cleaning up user profiles.
Delete any user profiles that you no longer need.