Concepts for software installation
You and IBM® together manage the use, documentation, and transfer of IBM i licensed programs.
The following information is a conceptual look at IBM i software installation. This information describes the basics of installing IBM i software: your software order, what to do when you skip a release, software installation scenarios, the types of devices used to install, globalization considerations, and how some conversions could affect your installation time.
- Software installation process
The IBM i software installation process involves three phases: preinstallation activities, the main installation, and postinstallation activities. - Types of software installation devices
These devices can be used to install or upgrade an IBM i release on your system. - Contents of a software order
Your IBM i software order package includes software licensing documents, the optical media, and other product documentation as appropriate. The optical media can be either physical media or media that is created from files that are downloaded through electronic software delivery. - Skipping a release
If you plan to skip an IBM i release, such as performing an upgrade from
V6R1 to IBM i
7.2 and skipping IBM i
7.1,
you need
to be aware of changes from the skipped version and release that could
affect your programs and system operations. - Performance data collection
With any software IBM i release, the support for new functions can cause an incremental change (increase or decrease) in performance for some workloads. - Mixed-release environment
Licensed programs or their options do not always have the same release as the IBM i operating system. - Software upgrade or replacement
Use this information to understand special considerations of the system and its software when you upgrade or replace an IBM i release. - Globalization and IBM i software installation
This information introduces the basic concepts of installing and upgrading national languages on your system.