Required: Accepting software agreements

As a continuation of using the IBM® i Prepare for install option, you must accept the software agreements for licensed programs before they can be installed.

Note: This section is only applicable when working with media distributed by IBM. If you are using redistribution media, you can skip this section.

If you are replacing the Licensed Internal Code and IBM i operating system of the same version and release, acceptance of the software agreements for Licensed Internal Code and IBM i is not required. You can skip this topic if you have no licensed programs to install.

Before you upgrade to the new release, it is a system requirement that you accept the online software agreements for the Licensed Internal Code and the IBM i operating system through the Prepare for Install menu. If these software agreements are not accepted, you will not be able to continue with the upgrade of Licensed Internal Code. Any other licensed programs that have software agreements must also be accepted before they are upgraded.

To accept the software agreements for the licensed programs that you plan to upgrade, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that you have performed the steps in the topic Required: Creating a custom list of software to install. To be able to upgrade, the custom list must include, at a minimum, the Licensed Internal Code and the IBM i operating system.
2. Type GO LICPGM and press Enter. The Work with Licensed Programs display appears.
3. From the Work with Licensed Programs (LICPGM) menu, select option 5 (Prepare for install) and press Enter. The Prepare for Install display appears.
4. Select the option to work with software agreements. Press Enter.

   On the Work with Software Agreements display that appears, you see all IBM licensed programs that require software agreement acceptance and whether the agreement has been accepted. Only licensed programs that are not yet installed appear on this display.

   Attention: You must see at least products *MCHCOD and 5770SS1 *BASE on this list. If a message appears that no licensed programs need their software agreements to be accepted, do not continue. Ensure that you have completed all the previous steps in Required: Creating a custom list of software to install. If you completed these steps and no licensed programs appear on the list, do not continue. Contact IBM support.

   If you have non-IBM licensed programs on optical media that were not inserted when you used the option to work with licensed programs for target release (step 7 under Preselecting the licensed programs to install), press F22 (Restore software agreements) to add these licensed programs to the Work with Software Agreements display.

5. Select to display the software agreements for licensed programs that you want to accept and press Enter. Press F14 (Accept) to accept the terms of the software agreement. Press F15 (Accept all) to display a list of all licensed programs that share the same set of terms as the software agreement you are currently reading. Press Enter to accept the software agreements for all of the listed licensed programs.