AIX version 4.3 to 5L migration guide / [Cathrin Klonowski ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klonowski, Cathrin.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operating systems (Computers).

System design.

AIX (Computer file).

Physical Description:

xvi, 246 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[United States?] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Figures

Tables

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Chapter 1. Enhancements in AIX 5L Version 5.1

1.1 Logical partitioning (LPAR)

1.2 System management

1.3 Networking

1.4 LVM and file system support

1.5 Security enhancements

1.6 Workload Manager (WLM)

1.7 Linux affinity

Chapter 2. Enhancements in AIX 5L Version 5.2

2.1 Self-optimizing functionality

2.2 Cluster Systems Management (CSM)

2.3 Scalability and performance

2.4 Storage management

2.5 Security and directory

2.6 Workload Manager (WLM)

2.7 Linux affinity

2.8 IBM eServer™ pSeries Information Center

Chapter 3. Seven reasons to migrate

3.1 Software maintenance

3.2 Networking

3.3 Memory page size

3.4 Disk storage

3.5 Hardware reliability and availability

3.6 Resource management with WLM

3.7 Security aspects

Chapter 4. Planning and preparation

4.1 Hardware requirements

4.1.1 Supported and unsupported hardware

4.1.2 Microcode requirements

4.1.3 System requirements

4.2 Software requirements

4.2.1 AIX Version 4.3 maintenance level requirements

4.2.2 Binary compatibility

4.2.3 Availability of third-party and in-house applications

4.2.4 Additional software products with AIX 5L

4.3 Migration strategy

4.3.1 New and complete overwrite

4.3.2 Migration installation

4.3.3 Alternate disk migration

4.3.4 The mksysb installation

4.4 Migration scenarios

4.4.1 Outline of possible migration scenarios

4.4.2 Install options

4.4.3 Migration schedule

4.5 Documentation of existing environment

4.5.1 Using standard AIX and the snap command

4.5.2 Documenting your hardware

4.5.3 Documenting your software

4.5.4 Additional documentation.

4.6 Backup of existing environment

4.6.1 Backup options

4.6.2 Backup of root volume group

4.6.3 Backup of a non-root volume group

4.6.4 Verification and restore of backup

4.7 Migration validation

4.7.1 Hardware and software requirement check list

4.7.2 Backup and documentation check list

4.7.3 Additional check list

4.8 What to do in case migration fails

Chapter 5. Migration by media

5.1 Migration to AIX 5L Version 5.1

5.1.1 Migration steps

5.2 Migration to AIX 5L Version 5.2

5.3 Migration from POWER3 to a POWER4 partition

5.3.1 Environment setup

5.3.2 Case 1: POWER3 to POWER4 AIX 5L Version 5.1 by tape

5.3.3 System backup by tape

5.3.4 Restoring system image on POWER4 partition

5.3.5 Case 2: POWER3 to POWER4 AIX 5L Version 5.2 by CD/DVD

5.3.6 Case 3: Cloning your system

5.3.7 An alternative

Chapter 6. Migration by NIM

6.1 NIM enhancements

6.1.1 Easy NIM (EZNIM)

6.1.2 Alternate disk migration

6.1.3 Improved NIM interfaces

6.1.4 Verification of NIM resources

6.1.5 Service consumability

6.1.6 Additional enhancements

6.2 NIM environment

6.2.1 Defining the NIM environment

6.2.2 Operating system requirements

6.3 NIM master migration

6.3.1 Environment setup

6.3.2 Migrating the NIM master from AIX Version 4.3 to AIX 5L

6.3.3 Configuring the NIM master after AIX migration

6.3.4 Moving the NIM master from POWER3 to POWER4

6.4 NIM client migration

6.4.1 Availability during migration

6.4.2 NIM installation of client

6.4.3 Alternate disk migration of client

6.4.4 Migration of NIM client

6.4.5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 7. Post migration tasks

7.1 Common tasks

7.2 NIM master specific tasks

7.3 Alternate disk migration specific tasks

Chapter 8. Applications

8.1 SAP and Oracle

8.1.1 Pre-migration issues.

8.1.2 Migration and upgrade procedure

8.1.3 Post-migration issues

8.2 DB2

8.3 HACMP

8.4 IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager (TSM)

8.5 Shell script

8.6 Compiler

Appendix A. Hardware and fileset support with AIX 5L

AIX 5L Version 5.1

AIX 5L Version 5.2

Appendix B. Sample output of the snap command

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"May 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

226376682