i5/OS V5R3 A Guide to Getting There from Previous OS/400 Releases

This IBM Redpaper will help you understand your options when considering an upgrade to a recent version of OS/400 or i5/OS.
Many customers find it challenging to keep pace with operating system releases for a variety of reasons, including lack of resources or skills application issues.

This paper was created to help you understand these reasons and provides some insight into how to move forward. We also discuss several methodologies for achieving the upgrade.

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Publish Date
20 September 2005

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Author(s)

Nick Harris is a Consulting IT Specialist for the iSeries and has spent the past eight years in the International Technical Support Organization, Rochester Center. He specializes in LPAR, High Availability, iSeries hardware and software, external disk, Integrated xSeries Server for iSeries, and Linux. He writes and teaches IBM classes worldwide in the areas of i5, iSeries, and AS/400 system design and server consolidation. He spent 13 years in the United Kingdom AS/400 Business, and has experience in S/36, S/38, AS/400, and iSeries servers. You can contact him by sending e-mail to: niharris@us.ibm.com

• Nick Harris

Ian Mills is a Software Support Specialist working for IBM Global Services, Integrated Technology Services in the IBM UK Support Center. Ian specializes in hardware and software upgrade planning and implementation. He has worked on many operating systems upgrade projects for customers throughout the UK. Ian also worked on the ITS Upgrade Perform Guide, which is used throughout IBM as a roadmap for IBM Services in the iSeries environment.

• Ian Mills

IBM Form Number
REDP-3997-00

Number of pages

40