upgrade from V5R1 to V7R1 and V5R3 to V7R1

[Vimalraj Nallasamy]

Hi everyone ,

we have two systems to be upgraded
1.V5R1 to V7R1
2.V5R3 to V7R1

what is the correct way to do that ?

Is direct upgrade possible ? or V5R1/V5R3 -> V6R1 and then -> V7R1

Please suggest the possible way

[CRPence]

On 27 Sep 2013 04:23, Vimalraj Nallasamy wrote:
>
> we have two systems to be upgraded
> 1.V5R1 to V7R1
> 2.V5R3 to V7R1
>
> what is the correct way to do that ?
>

> Is direct upgrade possible? or

> V5R1/V5R3 -> V6R1 and then -> V7R1
>
> Please suggest the possible way

Officially the supported paths are [as best I can recall,] with the
minimal number of transitions [per N+2 maximal support for upgrades,
given successive releases v5r1:v5r2:v5r3:v5r4:v6r1:v7r1]:

1a> v5r1 -> v5r3 -> v6r1 -> v7r1
1b> v5r1 -> v5r2 -> v5r4 -> v7r1

2a> v5r3 -> v6r1 -> v7r1
2b> v5r3 -> v5r4 -> v7r1

The sticky point is getting to v6r1, because program creation
templates need to exist to enable required /retranslation/ of executable
/program/ objects on\since IBM i 6.1. There were PTFs on v5r3 and v5r4
to enable ANZOBJCVN to prepare for the transition; i.e. identification
of objects that would be unable to /convert/ [translate] onto the new
system [because the templates were removed].

Personally I probably would find such a migration easier effected by
installing the new system at v7r1 and then creating objects and
configuring that new system [from quasi-system\quasi-user data being
reviewed from, but specifically not _migrated_ from, the old system;
e.g. mostly data in QUSRSYS, QGPL, and QSYS2 or similar libraries for
3rd party products], and then moving [restoring] just the purely
user-data to that new system. For the OS and most LPPs that would
probably not be overly difficult; the bigger problem is knowing what is
required about any 3rd party applications to effect the same /jump/
across multiple releases.

--
Regards, Chuck

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Hi,
1: is not possible, the oldest hardware that is capable of running V7R1
is Power5, lowest version for Power5 is V5R3. This system is V5R1 so it
is older than Power5, and does not support V7R1:
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/osmapping.html

2: If it is Power5 hardware: V5R3 -> V5R4 or V6R1 -> V7R1
and have a look at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4293.html

[Vimalraj Nallasamy]

Thank you so much Chuck