Upgrade the integrated server side of IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support

IBM® i5/OS™ Integrated Server Support is the software which couples together the iSeries™ and its integrated Windows servers. Think of it as a translation program. Half of the program runs on the iSeries to translate from the Windows language to the i5/OS language, and the other half runs on the integrated servers to translate from the i5/OS language to the Windows language.

New versions of IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support are installed to i5/OS. Then the integrated server part of the licensed program needs to be copied over to the integrated server and installed.

You need to upgrade your existing integrated Windows servers' licensed program when you install:

New version of IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support

When you install a new version of IBM i5/OS Integrated Server Support, you need to upgrade all your existing integrated servers to that level. If you have multiple integrated servers, you might want to upgrade those servers remotely from i5/OS.

This procedure requires that you have the same userid and password on the integrated Windows servers and i5/OS.

To upgrade an integrated server, follow these steps:

  1. End any applications that are running.
  2. Ensure that no users are logged on to the integrated server.

    Attention: The integrated server automatically restarts after completion of the installation, so if you skip steps 1 and 2, you risk data loss.

  3. From the Start menu, choose Programs, then IBM iSeries, then Integration for Windows Server, then Software Level.
    Note:
    When a new level of the licensed program is available for installation, logging on to an integrated server as an administrator causes Software Level to start automatically.
  4. Start of changeIf you are upgrading from V5R3 or later, select the option to Synchronize. Otherwise, select the option to Install Release from iSeries.End of change
  5. Follow the user interface instructions to complete the installation.
  6. Tip: Afterward, back up the predefined installation and system drives for this server. See Back up predefined disk drives for integrated Windows servers for information about backing up these drives. Since it is safer to back up all storage spaces for the server at the same time, you should also back up the associated user-created storage (described in Back up user-defined disk drives for an integrated Windows server).

New version of Windows Server

To upgrade your servers from Windows NT® 4.0 to Windows 2000, see Upgrade your server from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Server in the V5R3 iSeries Information Center.