Software requirements

IBM i options and products

The following software products and options are used by the migration process. They must be installed before migration begins.

Table 1. Source node products and options

Product and Option	Description	Notes
5770SS1 Option 1	Extended Base Support	Required
5770SS1 Option 3	Extended Base Directory Support	Required
5770SS1 Option 12	Host Servers	Required
5770SS1 Option 22	Object Connect	Required
5770SS1 Option 26	Db2® Symmetric Multiprocessing	Required
5770SS1 Option 30	Qshell	Required
5770SS1 Option 33	Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE)	Required
5770SS1 Option 41	High Availability Switchable Resources	Required
5770SS1 Option 48	Db2 Data Mirroring	Required
5770DBM *BASE	IBM Db2 Mirror for i	Required
5770DBM Option 2	IBM i Migrate While Active	Required. May appear as Reserved - Option 2 or Migration Feature in some interfaces.
5770DG1 *BASE	IBM HTTP Server for i	Required
5770JV1 *BASE	IBM Developer Kit for Java™	Required
5770JV1 Option 16, 17, 19, or 20	Java SE 8, 11, or 17	Optional. Any supported version of Java must be installed to run the Db2 Mirror GUI on the source node.
5733SC1 *BASE	IBM Portable Utilities for i	Required
5733SC1 Option 1	OpenSSH, OpenSSL, zlib	Required
5770TC1 *BASE	IBM TCP/IP Connectivity for i	Required

Open source packages

Install the following packages on the source node. Instructions for installing the open source environment for IBM i can be found here: https://ibmi-oss-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/yum/README.html.

Tip: If you are having trouble finding the package version listed below, first install and/or update the ibmi-repos package.

Table 4. Source node open source packages

Package	Minimum Version Required
cloud-init	1.5.1
python39	3.9.10
python39-ibm_db	2.0.5.12
rsync	-

Table 5. NFS server open source packages

Package	Minimum Version Required
rsync	-

PTF groups

Before beginning the migration process, it is best to prepare your environment by installing the latest level of PTF groups. The latest level of PTF groups can be found here: IBM i Group PTFs with latest level.

Table 6. Source node PTF groups

PTF Group Name	PTF Group Number	Minimum Level Required	Recommended Level
IBM i Cumulative PTF package	SF99760	-	Latest
Db2 Mirror PTF Group	SF99961	2	Latest
Db2 for IBM i PTF Group	SF99960	1	Latest

Table 7. GUI node PTF groups

PTF Group Name	PTF Group Number	Minimum Level Required	Recommended Level
Db2 Mirror PTF Group	SF99961	2	Latest
IBM HTTP Server for i PTF Group	SF99962	-	Latest
Java PTF Group	SF99965	-	Latest

To understand whether the latest level of these PTF groups are applied, use the following query:

WITH ILEVEL (IVERSION, IRELEASE) AS (
    SELECT OS_VERSION, OS_RELEASE
      FROM SYSIBMADM.ENV_SYS_INFO
  )
  SELECT P.*
    FROM ILEVEL, SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY P
    WHERE PTF_GROUP_RELEASE = 'R' CONCAT IVERSION CONCAT IRELEASE CONCAT '0'
    ORDER BY PTF_GROUP_LEVEL_AVAILABLE - PTF_GROUP_LEVEL_INSTALLED DESC;

Individual PTFs

The Db2 Mirror PTF group and Db2 for IBM i PTF group typically ship new levels several times a year. As noted earlier, the best practice for Migrate While Active users is to have the most recently released PTF group levels installed on the source node before using Migrate While Active. Prior to the next PTF group levels being released, visit the following web page for a list of the latest individual PTFs that have not yet been included in a PTF group: IBM i Migrate While Active - PTF Information.

Target node PTFs