Transcript IBM i

IBM & Nyherji Power event
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Jan Kristian Nielsen – [email protected]
Erik Rex – [email protected]
© 2012 IBM Corporation
Announcing IBM PureSystems
The first members of a new family of expert integrated systems with:
• Built-in expertise to address complex business and operational tasks automatically
• Integration by design to tune systems for optimal performance and efficiency
• Simplified experience from design to purchase to maintenance
IBM PureFlex System
IBM PureApplication
System
Expert at: sensing and
anticipating resource
needs to optimize your
infrastructure
Expert at: optimally
deploying and running
applications for rapid
time-to-value
• Factory integrated
and optimized system
infrastructure
• Integrated management
• Automation and
optimization expertise
• Expert designed, integrated
and optimized application
aware platform
• Platform patterns
of expertise
• Simplified management
with a single console
• Optimized for performance and virtualized for efficiency
• No compromise design with system level upgradability
• Designed for cloud with flexibility and simplicity
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IBM PureFlex System is Integrated by design
Expert
Integrated
Systems
Networking
Storage
Virtualization
Management
Compute
Tools
Applications
Flexible and open choice in a fully integrated system
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IBM PureSystems “patterns of expertise”
Samples of the three types of patterns
IBM PureFlex System
Pre-integrated servers, storage,
networking, virtualization and
management
Application Patterns
Business application
expertise
IBM PureApplication
System
Pre-integrated middleware
and infrastructure
• ISV applications (e.g., SAP CRM)
• Business intelligence
• Web experience
Platform Patterns
Expertise across the
middleware and
infrastructure
Infrastructure Patterns
Expertise across the
compute resources
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ISV or
Client
Tuned
Platform
• Provisioning and automation
• Storage system optimization
• Scalability and upgradability
Included with system purchase
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Demand driven elasticity
Simplified system setup and install
Policy-based system management
Simplified application migration
Web application deployment
Transactional database deployment
Data mart deployment
Available in catalog
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PureSystems Centre
• Optimized solutions from 100+ leading ISV
partners
• Search by solution area, industry or system.
• Gain access to ISV application patterns for
trial and production.
• Certified through ‘Ready for IBM
PureSystems’ program.
• All of your existing AIX, IBM i, Linux and
Windows applications will run on IBM
PureFlex System
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The SAP logo is a trademark or registered trademark of SAP AG in Germany and
several other countries and is reproduced with the permission of SAP AG.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
Simplified experience
Reduce time, effort and risk throughout the solution lifecycle
Expert
Integrated
Systems
Starts at Acquisition: A continuum of value from building blocks to systems
Flex System Building Blocks
Chassis
14 half-wide bays
for nodes
Compute
Nodes
IBM PureFlex System
Pre-configured, pre-integrated
infrastructure systems with compute,
storage, networking, physical and
virtual management, and entry cloud
management with
integrated expertise.
IBM PureApplication System
Pre-configured, pre-integrated
platform systems with
middleware designed for
transactional web applications
and enabled for cloud with
integrated expertise.
Power 2S/4S*
x86 2S/4S
Storage Node
V7000
Expansion inside
or outside chassis
Management
Appliance
Optional
Networking
10/40GbE, FCoE, IB
8/16Gb FC
Expansion
PCIe
Storage
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* POWER7 nodes available as part of PureFlex System configurations.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PureFlex System
Configurations that ease acquisition experience and match your needs
Express
Standard
Enterprise
Infrastructure
for Small and
midsize businesses.
Most affordable
entry point
Infrastructure for
application servers
with supporting
storage and
networking
Infrastructure for
scalable cloud
deployments.
Redundancy for
resilient operation
• Designed for Cloud - SmartCloud Entry included on Standard and Enterprise
• Designed for choice of architectures: IBM POWER7 and/or Intel x86 processors
within the same systems
• Designed for choice of OS: AIX, IBM i, Microsoft Windows®, and Linux from Red Hat, SUSE
• Designed for choice of hypervisors: PowerVM, KVM, VMware, or Microsoft HyperV
• Designed for simplicity: Integrated, single system management across physical
and virtual resources
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Power Product
Line
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Power 795
POWER7 Portfolio
Major Features:
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Modular systems with linear scalability
PowerVM Virtualization
Physical and Virtual Management
Roadmap to Continuous Availability
Binary Compatibility
Energy / Thermal Management
Power 780
Power 770
Power 750
Power
720 / 740
Power 775
Power
710 / 730
POWER7
Modes
Active Memory
Expansion
POWER7
RAS
Power 755
Blades
PS700 / 701 / 702 / 703 / 704
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PowerLinux
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© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
Linux unifies the whole Enterprise
IBM unified all its hardware platforms with Linux in January 2000!!!
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
Linux and Open Source adoption is growing
What is your company’s stance toward open
source software
73%
consider open
source software on
equal footing to
proprietary software
Which of the following open source projects
does your company use?
100
of these are included with RHEL
or SUSE%
on the PowerLinux 7R2
What is the IBM PowerLinuxTM solution for
Linux Application Services ?
The platform
IBM PowerLinuxTM servers with PowerVM™ offer a highly
virtualized, cloud-ready platform tuned for popular Linux
applications to support more virtual workloads per server
The software stack
Virtualized open source applications provide an economical
software stack for replacing more expensive infrastructure
applications with robust open source software offerings.
Open source applications for PowerLinux are included with
commercial Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, and
are supported by Red Hat, SUSE or IBM.
Key differentiators that deliver customer value
• Faster and more economical delivery of Linux services via
PowerLinux/PowerVM platform tuned for Open Source Apps.
• Implementation/Tuning Guide, IBM Lab Services, Migration
Factory via local reseller to insure up and running quickly
Linux Apache MySQL PHP
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JDK Tomcat Eclipse Jboss
Industry
standard, tuned to the task.
http://olex.openlogic.com/wazi/2011/survey-shows-enterprise-open-source-usage-ubiquitous/
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
...Including the new IBM PowerLinuxTM 7R2
High performance, efficient server ideal for running multiple, industry
standard Linux workloads, virtualized with PowerVMTM, saving you
money on IT infrastructure acquisition and operational costs.
Powerful
 16-cores - 3.55 and 3.3 GHz options
 256 GB maximum memory with 4/8/16 GB DIMMs
WW Announce
April 24, 2012
 Two sockets with eight POWER7 cores per socket
Scalable and efficient
 PowerVM™ exploiting integrated hypervisor
 Support up to 10 VMs / core, 160 VMs / server
 Up to 20 PowerLinuxTM 7R2s in a single 42U rack
Solutions with superior economics
• Linux only POWER7
• Two socket, 2U rack
8246-L2C
 Comparable server & system software pricing to x86 Linux
 31% lower solution stack cost for virtualized infrastructure
 Up to 17% lower power / cooling costs than x86 rack servers
Operating Systems
Virtualization & Management
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
PowerVM editions support Linux
PowerVM Editions
Express
Standard
Enterprise
Concurrent VMs
2 per
server
10 per core
(up to 1000)
10 per core
(up to 1000)
Virtual I/O Server
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Suspend/Resume
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Shared Processor Pools
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 PowerVM Express Edition
– Evaluations, pilots, PoCs
– Single-server projects
Shared Storage Pools
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Thin Provisioning
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 PowerVM Standard Edition
– Production deployments
– Server consolidation
Live Partition Mobility
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Active Memory Sharing
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PowerVM Editions
offer a unified
virtualization
solution for all
Power workloads
 PowerVM Enterprise Edition
– Multi-server deployments
– Cloud infrastructure
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
PowerLinux differentiates with virtualization,
performance, and RAS
Virtualization & Management
Virtualization
•Dedicated and shared cpus and I/O
•Micro-partitioning
•Dynamic LPAR cpu, memory, I/O
•Virtual I/O Server for storage
•Virtual SCSI
•Virtual CD
•Virtual Tape
•Virtual LAN
•N-port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
•Active memory sharing (memory
overcommit)
•Live Partition Mobility
•Partition Suspend/Resume
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Performance
•POWER7 Processor
•8 cores per chip
•4-way SMT
•VSX with 128-bit double
precision floating point
•Embedded L3 cache
•Turbocore Modes
•Capacity Upgrade on Demand
•Try-and-buy
•Processors and memory
•Dynamic activation
•Solid state disk
•Flexible large pages for applications
•Outstanding Linux benchmarks
•Advanced Toolchain from IBM
Industry standard, tuned to the task.
Reliability, Availability,
Serviceability (RAS)
•Enterprise Hardware
•Redundant fans, blowers,
power supplies, regulators,
service processors, system
clocks
•Hot swap fans, blowers,
regulators, disk, I/O adapters
•Dynamic processor sparing
•Memory sparing
•Chipkill memory with dynamic
bit steering
•Dynamic system clock failover
•Concurrent firmware update
•PCI bus Enhanced Error Handling
(EEH)
•Service Focal Point software
•NVRAM-based error logging
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
Learn more about PowerLinux
Power Systems Linux
Portal
(Product Information)
Think Power Linux community
(developerWorks)
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
Move to Power 7
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
AIX 7 is Binary Compatible
AIX 7 is binary compatible with AIX 6 and AIX V5*
– Current applications will continue to run – no need to recompile applications
– Even supports 32 bit applications created on AIX versions prior to AIX V5
– Fully exploits POWER7 processor-based systems
– Also exploits systems based on POWER4™, POWER5™, POWER6 processors
– Binary compatibility guarantee planned
Upgrade process
– Prior upgrade tools will support upgrade to AIX 7
– Clients can upgrade directly to AIX 7 from AIX 6 and AIX V5
– Free upgrade for customers with Software Maintenance Agreements (SWMA)
–Upgrades are like to like edition: AIX 5.3 to AIX 7 Standard edition,
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AIX 6 Express Edition to AIX 7 Express Edition, etc,
*See general conditions at ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/compatibility
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
New AIX Release Plan
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
AIX
7.1 & EE
GA 9/10
EoM 04/17
EoL
9/22
EoS 9/18
AIX
6.1 & EE
EoM 04/14
GA 11/07
AIX 5.3
GA 08/04
AIX 5.2
GA10/02
EoM 04/11
EoL
4/19
EoL
04/16
EoS 04/12
EoL
04/13
EoM 04/08 EoS 04/09
-Marketed & serviced
-Serviced only
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EoS 9/15
-Technology Level
Update
-Last TL Update
Industry standard, tuned to the task.
-Fee-based service extension
-Web support only
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
AIX 5.2 / 5.3 WPARs for AIX 7
Client simply backs up existing legacy AIX 5.2 / 5.3
environment and restores into an AIX 7 WPAR
The AIX 5.2 environment including rootvg filesystems are
preserved and restored
Client applications continue to run in AIX 5.2 / 5.3
environment with AIX 5.2 / AIX 5.3 libraries
The kernel environment will be AIX 7
AIX 7 Native Environment
AIX 5.2 Versioned
Environment
/usr
/opt
/usr
/opt
– SMT4, MicroPartitioning and VIOS are supported!
The SWMA for this offering will also provide how-to and
limited defect support for the AIX 5.2 / 5.3 operating system
Managed via IBM Systems Director Workload Partitions
Manager or command line
/usr
/opt
WPAR
A
WPAR
B
WPAR
C
WPAR
D
/
/var
/tmp
/home
/
/var
/tmp
/home
/
/var
/tmp
/home
/
/var
/tmp
/home
AIX 7 native syscalls
5.2 syscall compatibility layer
mksysb
backup
from
AIX 5.2
legacy
system
AIX 7 Kernel
POWER7
*All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject
to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
Some features require the purchase of additional software components.
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM PowerLinux
POWER7 Processor Mode Summary
POWER6 & POWER6+ MODE
POWER7 MODE
AIX 5.3
AIX 7 & AIX 6
2-Thread SMT
4-Thread SMT
Affinity OFF by Default
3-tier Memory, MicroPartition Affinity
32-core/64-thread Scaling
64-core/128-thread Scaling
EnergyScale CPU Idle
32-core / 128-thread Scaling
64-core / 256-thread Scaling
256-core / 1024-thread Scaling (with AIX 7)
EnergyScale CPU Idle and Folding with NAP and SLEEP
Active Memory Expansion
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Industry standard, tuned to the task.
© 2012 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Move up to POWER7 and IBM i 7.1
Erik Rex
Cert. Consultant Specialist
Power IBM I
[email protected]
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Effortless Currency after Incomparable longevity, reliability, and
investment protection
 Running the business for 18 years on an
AS/400 Model F60 with OS/400 V3R2
 Replaced by an IBM Power 720 with IBM i
7.1
 Unsurpassed reliability, security, and
availability
 IT Healthcare specialists:
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Hospitals
Elderly, disabled and child care
Benchmarking
Thorough business analysis
 IBM i architected for application
investment protection
– Migration and Pre-testing completed in 5
days
 Dramatic performance improvement,
savings in energy, maintenance, and
space requirement of a 2-drawer file
cabinet
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
The Future of IBM i
2008
RPG
Cobol
Java
2011-13
2010
PHP
IBM i Next
Power and IBM i Roadmaps
Power Hypervisor
Power System Hardware
Power Systems
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POWER4
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
2001
2004
2007
2010
POWER8
IBM invested over $3.2B in POWER7
systems over the last 3.5 years.
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
developerWorks IBM i Zone
 New resource for the IBM i
community
 Wide variety of technical
information
 Organized by Subject matter
 Topics
New to IBM i
Download & Tools
Technical Library
with examples!
Community and Forums
IBM i Services
Events
Technology updates Wiki
 Register for notifications
 Submit your own comments!
ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi
**Info Center remains the site for technical documentation, however, sometimes information will appear on dW first.
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IBM i – Enhancements since V5R4
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i 5.4 Life Cycle*
2010
2011
EOM
5/2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
EOS
9/30/13
EOL
9/30/16
- Marketed and serviced
- Serviced only
- GTS Fee-based service
IBM i 5.4 has been in the market longer than any previous IBM i release
* All statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice, and represent goals and objectives only.
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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Clients are moving to IBM i 7.1
 Thousands of Clients running IBM i 7.1
 Over a third of Power systems shipping
with IBM i are shipping with 7.1
 IBM i Technology Refreshes
– Easier adoption of new I/O & PowerVM
capabilities
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IBM i 6.1
21. Marts
2008
IBM i 7.1
23. April
2010
POWER7
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POWER6
JS12, 22, 23/43,
550 560
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Servers
IBM i 5.4
14. Feb
2006
POWER6
520, 550*, 570,
595
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POWER5+
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POWER5
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800, 810, 825,
870, 890
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270, 820, 830,
840
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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i Program conversion consideration
V5R4
Conversion
required
Machine code
V5R4M0 or V5R4M5
Conversion
required
V5R3
Machine code
V5R3M0 or V5R3M5
Conversion
required
IBM i 6.1
Machine code
6.1.0 or 6.1.1
 Refer to Redpaper IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for 6.1 and Beyond
– http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/abstracts/redp4293.html
 Verify third party software is supported on these releases
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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i Roadmap
2008
2011-13
2010
Technology Refresh
…..
 Clients requesting fewer operating system releases and longer support cycles
 Major release upgrades can be disruptive for a business
 Interim technology refreshes will provide new functions
 Simpler to install on a current release and less disruptive
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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Building a Foundation for the Future
IBM i 6.1 Highlights
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Solid State Drive support with unique IBM i performance advantages
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Java Virtual Machine, shared with AIX & Linux
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Systems Director Navigator web-based console
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PowerHA disk clustering
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Support for BladeCenter
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SAN DS8000 performance optimization
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PowerVM virtual storage for i partitions
IBM i 6.1 is a cornerstone release for strategic initiatives which
follow.
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IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 and POWER7 deliver unbeatable combination
Over 150% performance improvement
Query Navigation Steps/hour
300000
POWER6 and
IBM i 6.1
deliver 59%
improvement
250000
200000
POWER7
delivers 56%
improvement
IBM i 7.1
delivers 15%
improvement
5788 CPW
per Core
5788 CPW
per Core
150000
4575 CPW
per Core
100000
3550 CPW
50000
per Core
0
POWER5 8-Core
IBM i V5R4 (model)
POWER6 8-Core
IBM i 6.1
POWER7 8-Core
IBM i 6.1
POWER7 8-Core
IBM i 7.1
Source Data:
http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/bixmlwo_results.htm
http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/bid_results.htm
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IBM Power Systems
Total integration with IBM i 7.1
 Information into insights
 Simplify supplier data exchange with native XML in DB2® for i
 Data protection and compliance
 Secure critical client data with DB2 column level encryption
 Resiliency without downtime
 Implement multi-site disaster recovery with PowerHA SystemMirror
 Virtualization without limits
 Test a new release with ease by hosting i 7.1 on a i 6.1 server
 Management with automation
 Reduce costs of fix management with IBM Systems Director
 Workload optimizing systems
 Automate exploitation of solid state drives
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© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i - Technology Refresh
– new TR of 4. April 2012
2008
2010
IBM i 6.1.1
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2011
TR 1
TR 2
2012 . . .
TR 3
TR 4
April 24
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 1 – Oct. 2010
 Virtual Media Auto-Changer
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Client partitions can change the image loaded in the server's IMGCLG.
Customer Value: Load media into one partition's IMGCLG and do unattended installs of other IBM
i LPARs on the same box.
 Virtual optical media library
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Migrate optical libraries into a virtual optical media library backed by disk.
 Y4 Cryptographic card for IBM i customers
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PCIe attached so it can plug into the newer PCIe slots
 Support for LTO5 in TS2900 Tape Library
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Low Profile Entry level Tape Library TS2900 will now support the newest LTO5 tape drive. (Tucson
will announce in Feb, IBM i GA will be in March for 6.1.1 and later.)
 Full Network install
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Initial (scratch) install of an IBM i v7.1 system from a network device
 Web Services - New client support – WSDL2RPG
• Call Web Services natively from RPG
• WSDL converted to native RPG to encapsulate Web Service call
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IBM Power Systems
May 2011: Technology Refresh 2
Virtualization Enhancements
 IBM i Suspend/Resume (Hibernation)
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Ability to suspend a partition and resume it from the suspend point
Customer Value: Saves IPLs. Suspend before CEC maintenance, do the repair or CEC IPL and
then resume.
 IBM i to IBM i Virt Tape
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Allow multiple IBM i partitions to share the tape drive owned by a different IBM i partition.
Client partitions can be either 7.1 or 6.1 with 6.1.1 machine code.
 I/O Performance – Multi-path
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New load balancing multi-path algorithm that tries to push more I/O down the faster path.
Example: When using NPIV, running both disk and tape traffic on the same port more feasible
since the disk traffic will move off the port if the tape traffic starts slowing down the disk
performance.
 DS5K NPIV support
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Allows better utilization of FC adapter/switch resources by using NPIV with the DS5300/DS5100.
 PowerVM Redundant VIOS Support for IBM i on POWER Processor-Based Blades
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Available through the use of SDMC
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IBM Power Systems
May 2011: Technology Refresh 2
Storage Announcements
 SFF DASD Drawer
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SFF (Small Form Factor) SAS disk drawer that supports up to 24 SFF (2.5 inch) disks in a 2U 19
inch rack drawer.
POWER6 and POWER7; IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1
 177 GB SFF SSD
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2.5 times more capacity than existing 69 GB SSD
Much improved cost per GB, and lower number of slots needed for same number of GB
Just a few SSD reduce need for a large number of HDD, and often improve performance
 571 GB 10K RPM SFF Disk Drive
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Lower cost per GB and more GB per 2U rack space
 IBM i Disk Sanitizer PRPQ supports SSD
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Sanitize natively attached internal SSDs in CECs and Drawers
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh 3 – October 2011
 DB2
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Security – Simplify Authentication with new keyword
SSD Asynchronous Table & Index Movement
DB2 Monitoring Tool Improvements – Filters
• Error Cases, Client IP Addresses, Group & User
Profiles
 Virtualization
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Thin Provisioning for DS8700 and DS8800 storage servers,
and for VIOS Shared Storage Pools
Virtual Partition Manager is enhanced to create IBM i
partitions
• For POWER6 and POWER7 Express Servers that
do not have an external management console.
• Enhancement to IBM i 7.1, the ability to create up
to four IBM i partitions will be enabled in VPM.
 System and I/O Support
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New ’C’ models of IBM Power 710, 720, 730, 740, 770, and
780 servers with IBM i 7.1 and IBM i 6.1 with 6.1.1
PCIe2 1.8 GB Cache RAID SAS Adapter Tri-Port 6 Gb
(#5913)
SAS SFF 15K RPM 283 GB disk drive
PCIe2 8x 4-port Fibre Channel Adapter (#5729)
Bus level statistics for 12x loops
Ethernet link aggregation improves throughput and
reliability for up to 8 links
Share physical Ethernet connections across partitions with
Ethernet layer-2 bridging
 IBM i for Business Intelligence
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New solution from IBM
Low-cost value built solution (IBM i with Power System)
Builds on popular DB2 Web Query
Start with Operational Reporting and optionally grow into
Data Warehousing
 IBM DB2 Web Query for i
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Standard Edition bundle to provide customers with a
complete query reporting solution in a single, simplified
ordering package.
New interface that allows users to generate URLs to query
reports for report
 PowerHA SystemMirror for i
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Support replication through V7000
Support replication though SVC server
Metro Mirror, Global Mirror and FlashCopy support
 Application Runtime Expert
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Automate servicing of applications using scripting, CL
commands and SQL queries
 Zend Server Community Edition
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PHP environment preloaded with IBM I
New extensions and toolkit for accessing DB2 for i
© 2011 IBM Corporation
IBM Power Systems
Ibm i 7.1 Technology Refresh 4 - GA 24/4 2012
IBM i and PowerVM for Virtualization
 Delivers the next step for cloud implementation
 Drive systems to 90%+ utilization
 Performance without penalty
Live
Partition
Mobility
Storage-based
Virtual Image
Deployment
Suspend
Resume
Network
Install
IBM i
Virtualized
I/O
Dynamic
Resource
Sharing
Consolidate via
Virtual Images
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IBM Power Systems
IBM i Technology Refresh 4 - Highlights
 Moving running workloads from one machine to another with
Live Partition Mobility delivers the next step for cloud
environments
 DB2 for i enhancements improve performance as well as
delivering additional security, error monitoring and SQL
functions
Virtualized SAN and Network Infrastructure
 DB2 WebQuery for i simplifies ordering with Express and
Standard offerings
 New options in Application Runtime Expert allow access to
the tool without granting high security levels
 IBM i Workload Groups allows clients to license SWG products
at "less than capacity" level
• PowerHA for IBM i now includes support for Advanced Copy
Service for IBM Storage Systems Storwize V7000 and San
Volume Controller (SVC)
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IBM Power Systems
Live Partition Mobility for IBM i
 Improves service levels for IBM i workloads
– Business and IT security and resiliency are as critical as ever, and must
be dynamic and intelligent in order to match the speed of business
change
– PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
 Move running IBM i partitions between systems
 Eliminate planned outages and balance workloads across systems
 VIOS is required
Virtualized SAN and Network Infrastructure
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DB2 for i Enhancements
Row Lock Performance
 Significant functional enhancements
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– Short names
– Where used information
– Support for JDBC 4.1 specification
 SQL enhancements
– Subselect
– RUNSQL command
 Security enhancements
– Object Auditing Control
 Performance improvements
– based on analysis of index statistics
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200
150
Before
Minutes
After
100
50
12
0
 DB Management Improvements
– adding SYSDISKSTAT catalog to QSYS
library
 Enhanced SQL Error Reporting using
monitor records
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DB2 Web Query – Intuitive, Insightful, Extensible
Authoring Tool
“Intuitive”
IBM DB2
WebQuery
Reports & Graphs
“Flexible
delivery”
• New Express and
Standard
Offerings
• Simplify packaging
• Core-based licensing
Dashboards
• More
granular
user security
“Insightful”
OLAP
“Extensible”
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Web Integration Enhancements
 Java 7 5761-JV1 Options 14 & 15
– 32 and 64 bit version Java 7 runtime engine
– Available only on IBM i 7.1
 XML Service GA Dec 2011
– New Open Source tool to access Native IBM i objects from any language
– Access RPG programs from PHP, RUBY, or other languages
– Use in a Tier 1 or Tier 2 environment
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Application Runtime Expert for i
 Application Runtime Expert for i
– *ALLOBJ special authority NO longer
required
– Uses the Web Admin Permissions support
– Review and compare content within spool
files from CL commands
– Archive the spool file content created on
remote system by CL command call
– Console passwords maintained per session
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IBM i Access Client Solutions
 New Java based iAccess solution
– Runs on any platform with Java
• Windows PC
• Linux
• MAC
 Popular iAccess Functions
– 5250 Display and Print Emulation
– Data Transfer (*.ods & *.xlsx)
– IBM i System 5250 Console
 Portable solution – NO Install!
– Load solution on thumb drive!
 Open Beta
– Any customers interested in
participating?
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Application Management Tool Set
 NEW Product for Managing and Editing
– Control Language (CL) source code (scripts)
– Work with Libraries & Objects
 Targeted for the Administrator or Super User
– Perform various system and application
administration tasks
 Low Cost
– Tier priced based on Serial number
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IBM i Workload Groups – Enhanced Management & Licensing
 Workload Groups new capabilities to manage/license workloads
on IBM i
– Limit the number of cores that are used by specific applications
within single system/partition/subsystem
– Limits placed at the whole processor-core level
– Applications licensed for the number of capped cores
– Can cap a single job or all jobs/threads in a subsystem
IBM i Today
Application #1= 6 Cores
Application #2 = 6 Cores
IBM i = 6 Cores
IBM i System / Partition / Subsystem
IBM i with Workload Groups
Application #1 = 3 Cores
Application #2 = 4 Cores
IBM i = 6 Cores
IBM i System / Partition / Subsystem
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang
=en#/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/IBM%20i%20workload%20groups
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Planning for IBM i upgrades
 Planning critical for a successful upgrade to a new release
– IBM i information center is the starting point for information
•
IBM i 7.1 Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahc1.htm
• IBM i 7.1 Memo to Users
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm
• IBM i 6.1 Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahc1.htm
• IBM i 6.1 Memo to Users
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm
NOTE: If skipping a release review the Memo-to-Users and the Installing, upgrading or deleting IBM i and
related software sections for conversion and compatibility information that will apply even when skipping a
release.
– IBM i Upgrade planning
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.html
• This site provides information on Power systems running the IBM i operating system and products or features
which may not be supported in future releases of IBM i or on future product offerings
– IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification tool
http://www912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/1ac66549a21402188625680b0002037e/5a6b33f04dcc093a8625736a00590072?
OpenDocument&Highlight=2,pruv
• ‘As-is’ tool developed by IBM to help ensure a successful IBM i (i5/OS) upgrade
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Considerations for deciding which release
 Clustering only supports N-1 upgrades
– Can do the N-2 upgrades but will have to rebuild clusters
 What release 3rd party software is supported on
 IBM i 7.1 will support new hardware with Technology Refreshes
– http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/techrefresh/index.html
– Perm applies needed PTFs for hardware support
 Refreshes of the machine code and operating system are done for
– Support of new hardware (for a new partition install, need a machine code media that
has hardware support permanently applied and the operating system image that it was
tested with)
– Aged PTFs are included in the refresh (reduces time of install)
– Information center topic Replacing Licensed Internal Code and IBM i of the same
version and release has instructions for installing a refresh
– http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/resave/index.html
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Outline* of Major IBM i Planning or Pre-Upgrade Tasks
A.) Use key planning documents: Info Center (e.g. Install Guide), Memo to Users and
Planning website,
–
If needed IBM ITSO Redpaper: IBM i Program Conversion: Getting Ready for i5/OS V6R1 and beyond
B.) Verify server firmware requirements and read applicable PSP (Preventive Service
Planning) documents
- IBM Prerequisite website
https://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf
C.) Read applicable Info APARs -- e.g. II14310 (Required PTFs for 6.1)
II14482 (Required PTFs for 7.1)S
D.) Order latest CUMe package for release you are going to
E.) “Prepare for Install PTFs” are required system before using the Prepare for Install menu
option (see info APARs listed above)
F.) Review Software Stack (for each LPAR)
–
–
–
Third Party Vendors
License Program Products
Middleware
G.) Consider using virtual image catalog for upgrade (see info APARs listed above for PTFs
are required for source releases)
–
See document at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/power/i/nfs_optical upgrade.pdf for
more information
H.) Use Collection Services to collect performance data on current release
I.) Verify contents of the software media that was shipped
J.) Accept Software Agreements before upgrading (GO LIGPGM and then Option 5:
Prepare for Install)
K.) Permanently
PTFstask
(frees
up system
storage for
a faster install)
•Note:
This is not anapply
all-inclusive
list –Info
Center ASP
install/upgrade
documentation
L.) Clean-up spool files
TIP: To make upgrade planning easier --- take advantage of the IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification Tool!
M.) Ensure a current back-up of partition/system
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Electronic Software Download
 IBM i 6.1 and 7.1
 IBM i preloaded on newly
purchased Power Systems
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess
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Moving up to POWER7
Mark Olson
WW Power Systems Product Manager
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Power Systems
Power 795
Power 780
Power 770
Power 750
Power 720/740
Power 710/730
PS Blades
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Power Systems
Power 795
Power 780
CPW is often less relevant in
picking the right server
Max CPW
Power 770
Power 750
1,000,000+
Power 720/740
321,000
183,200
363,000
550,700
Power 710/730
PS Blades
97,700
97,700
110,000
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Max CPW – POWER5 Through POWER7
POWER7
POWER6
POWER5
Power 750
183,200
Power
710 / 720
46,300
PS 7xx
110,000
JSxx
24,050
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Power
730 / 740
97,700
Power 770
321,000
Power 595
294,700
Power 570
103,800
Power 550
37,950
Power 520
18,300
Power 570
76,900
Power 520
7,100
Power 780
363,000555,700
Power 795
1,000,000+
Power 595
216,000
Power 550
14,000
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Power Systems
Power 795
Power 780
Memory & I/O & GHz are
important POWER7
selection factors
Power 770
Power 750
GHz
Memory
3.7-4.25 GHz
I/O loops
3.1 – 3.5 GHz
Power 720/740
3.0
– 3.55 GHz
181,000
64GB – 4TB
8 - 512 GB
Max 2 - 8
3.8–4.1 GHz
64GB – 4TB
1,000,000+
64GB - 8 TB
Max 8 - 32
Max 2 - 8
Max 1 - 2
Power 710/730
PS Blades
3.097,700
– 3.7 GHz
3.0
– 3.7 GHz
97,700
8 - 512 GB
4 - 256 GB
Max 0 - 1 - 2
0
2.4
- 3 GHz
76,300
8 - 512 GB
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Power 720 and Power 740
Power 720
Power 740
 4U rack or tower
 4, 6, 8, core options
 3.0 GHz
 3 years HW warranty
4-core
 64GB max memory
 0 Disk-only drawers
 0 PCI I/O drawers
 0 I/O loops
 Max 9+1 PCI slots
 Max 8 disk slots
 P05 IBM i tier
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6-, 8-core
 256GB max memory
 Disk-only drawers
 PCI I/O drawers
 Up to 1 I/O loop
 Max 29+1 PCI slots
 Max 380 disk slots
 P10 IBM i tier
 4U rack or tower
 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 core options
 3.3, 3.7, or 3.55 GHz
 3 years HW warranty
4-, 6-, 8-core
 256GB max memory
 Disk-only drawers
 PCI I/O drawers
 Up to 1 I/O loop
 Max 29+1 PCI slots
 Max 380 disk slots
 P20 IBM i tier
8-, 12-, 16-core
 512GB max memory
 Disk-only drawers
 PCI I/O drawers
 Up to 2 I/O loop
 Max 54+1 PCI slots
 Max 415 disk slots
 P20 IBM i tier
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October 2011 Power 720 / 740 Enhancements
✓Power 720: New Model: E4C
✓Power 740: New Model: E6C
✓2X Memory (Up to 512 GB)
✓5 PCIe Gen2 Slots


Plus 6th slot for Ethernet adapter
Plus optional 4 additional Gen2 slots
✓Same GHz options
✓Same number cores
✓Same number loops / I/O drawers
✓Same number SAS drives
✓New Business Intelligence Editions
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PCI Adapters (as of November 2011)
Type adapter
PCI-X
LAN (Ethernet)
1 Gb & 10 Gb
2-port & 4-port
WAN / Comm
SCSI
Tape/disk 0 cache
Disk medium cache
Disk big cache
SAS
Tape/disk 0 cache
Disk medium cache
Disk big cache
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(SNA only with IOP)
PCIe


Y
Y
90 MB
Y 1500 MB
Gen2
1 Gb & 10 Gb
2-port
(No SNA)
No plans
No plans
No plans
Y
No 175 MB
Y 1500 MB



Y
Y 380 MB
Y 1800 MB
Fibre Channel
4 Gb

4 Gb & 8 Gb
FCoE (or FCoEE)
Twinax (IBM i)
iSCSI
IXS (IBM i)
USB (AIX)
Crypto
N
Y, with IOP
Y
Y with IOP
2-port
Y


Y
No plans
No adapter plans
No adapter plans
4-port
Y
SSD on Adapter
N
Oct
Gen2
Gen2
Y
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I/O Migration/Upgrade Considerations
POWER5
POWER6
POWER7
I/O loops
HSL / RIO
---
HSL / RIO
12X*
--12X*
PCI cards
PCI-X
---
PCI-X
PCIe
PCI-X (I/O drawer only**)
PCIe
Disk
SCSI mostly
SAS
SCSI
SAS mostly
SCSI limited
SAS mostly
SSD
---
SAS-bay-based
SAS-bay-based
PCIe-based
IOP-based
adapters
yes
yes limited
no
Evolving I/O technologies is to be expected and
desired. But as you would also expect, it requires
planning to ensure smooth upgrades/migrations.
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** Power 750 is exception with some PCI-X slots in CEC
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More Information on Upgrades
 Work with your sales team
 InfoCenter manuals
 IBM i Upgrade planning web sites
– www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/index.html
• This site provides information on Power systems running the IBM i operating
system and products or features which may not be supported in future releases of
IBM i or on future product offerings
– www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/sod2.html (see also the handy listing of
devices “not supported” list in the “additional information” on this page)
 IBM Pre-Upgrade Verification tool
www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf
– Tool helps ensure a successful IBM i (i5/OS) upgrade
–
 SPT – Systems Planning Tool
 Announcement Letters / Sales manuals / Red books
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What are you waiting for…..
 Recommending to all our customers to upgrade to 6.1 since
Spring 2008.
 Recommending to all our customers to upgrade to 7.1 since
last summer.
 Every upgrade has been successful and the secret is……..
preparation and planning.
 If you are looking at POWER7 hardware you will need to be at
6.1.1 or 7.1.
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Analyze Object Convert
 Most important planning step
– 2 Months before: Run ANZOBJCVN to see what issues you
might have.
– Iterative process
 *COLLECT in batch
 *REPORT
– *CVNPRB
– *LIBSUM
 Going from V5R4 to 7.1 (Skipping 6.1) requires you to
perform this as well.
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IBM i 6.1 or 7.1?
 Always go to the latest release if you can.
 Ask your third party vendors what release they support.
 If using Websphere 6.1 or 7.0 then IBM i 7.1 is ok.
 If using JAVA, gone in IBM i 7.1 is Classic Java 1.4 (option 6), 5.0 (option 7), and
6.0 (option 10).
 Gone in 7.1 is Anynet – Easy conversion to Enterprise Extenders beforehand.
 Websphere MQ 6 not supported on 7.1, upgrade to 7.0.1 of MQ.
 Domino 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 8.5 upgrade to IBM i 6.1, Domino 8.5.1 or 8.5.2 upgrade to
IBM i 7.1.
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What you need to start
 Order (download or physical media) 6.1 or 7.1 about 4 weeks before your
planned upgrade date.
 Read Preventive Service Planning PTF 6.1: SF98610 7.1: SF98710
 Read Informational APAR 6.1: II14310 & 7.1: II14482
 Verify software order.
 Download & install keys
 Validate FSP Firmware levels
 Manuals:
– IBM i Installing, Upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software. 6.1:
SC41-5120-10. 7.1: SC41-5120-11
– Memo to Users: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzaq9/rzaq9.pdf
 PTFs order about 2 weeks before the upgrade.
 Plan Save strategy for before and after the upgrade.
 Determine dedicated system time required.
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9 Key Points to take home
 ANZOBJCVN, ANZOBJCVN, ANZOBJCVN !!!
 Get the required PTFs on your system before the upgrade
(from Informational APARs).
 Read Memo to Users.
 Check FSP Firmware minimum levels.
 Have a Good FULL Backup right before the upgrade.
 Have license keys and new PTFs available.
 Install PTFs (Cumulative, Hiper, Groups) after verification.
 Conversions need to complete afterwards.
 SAVE 22 or Full save after the conversions.
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blogs
#ibmi
On Twitter
 “i Can” by Dawn May
– http://bit.ly/i_can
– To share the “hidden gems”
within IBM i.
DawnMayiCan
On Twitter
 “You and i” by Steve Will
Steve_Will_IBMi
– http://bit.ly/You_and_i
– Directly communicate with
the i community
– Strategy, architecture,
announcements, and news.
On Twitter
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247858.html?Open
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