IBM I5/OS - Manual (Page 41)

i Series. my Series.
Planning
... Think ...
Make a capacity planning
Determine your needs
Inventory existing system
Determine which component may/will be reused
Build a new system
Validate the new system
Use LPAR Validater Tool
Call IBM or a Business Partner
Consider to upgrade existing system to supported OS version/release
Consider EVERY partition !
Upgrades to i5/OS V5R3 ...
V5R3 does NOT support models 150, 6xx, Sxx
V5R3 is the last release to support models 170, 250, 7xx
V5R3 is the last release to support SPD hardware
V5R1 planned end of support is September 2005
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i Series. my Series.
Planning
... Think ...
Order your new system
...
Upgrade existing system(s) to supported OS version/release
Consider EVERY partition !
Write procedures for installation/upgrade
Disk moves or unload/reload ?!
Side-by-side !?
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