Replacing the licensed programs
Follow these steps to replace licensed programs related to IBM® i by using the manual installation method.
- Begin this task at the IBM i Main Menu (or
the menu you chose as an initial menu).
- Type
CHGMSGQ QSYSOPR *BREAK SEV(60)
and press Enter. - A message display could appear. Press Enter.
- Type
ENDSBS *ALL *IMMED
and press Enter. - When the following message appears, press Enter to continue:
ENDSBS SBS(*ALL) command being processed
- The message
System ended to restricted condition
appears. Press Enter to continue. - Type
CHGMSGQ QSYSOPR SEV(95)
and press Enter. - A message display could appear. Press Enter.
- Type
- The IBM i Main
Menu (or the menu you chose as an initial menu) appears on your console.
Type
GO LICPGM
and press Enter. - The Work with Licensed Programs display
appears.
LICPGM Work with Licensed Programs System: XXXX Select one of the following: Manual Install 1. Install all
Type
1
, and press Enter. - The Manual Install display appears.
Manual Install System: XXXX Type choices, press Enter. Install option . . . 1 1=Installed products 2=All products 3=New products Installation device OPT01 Name Replace if current N Y=Yes N=No Nonaccepted agreement 2 1=Do not install licensed program 2=Display software agreement Automatic IPL . . . N Y=Yes N=No
Type the following and press Enter:- Install option:
1
- Installation device:
OPT01
(See notes that follow.) - Replace if current:
N
(See note that follows.) - Nonaccepted agreement:
2
(See note that follows.) - Automatic IPL:
N
Notes:- If you created a customized installation list, select install option 4 (Installed and additionally selected products). This option appears only if you followed the instructions to add an additional licensed program, which is described in step 10 in Preselecting the licensed programs to install.
- In this example, the installation device is OPT01. If you are using a different naming convention, use the name you have assigned to the installation device.
- If you are using your own distribution media, select
2
for the Install option field. For the Replace if current field, typeY
. - If you are migrating data from one system to another system using
documented backup and recovery procedures, type
Y
for the Replace if current field. - If you have not previously accepted software agreements for licensed programs that you plan to install, option 2 displays the software agreements for acceptance as each licensed program is installed. This will increase the length of your installation time. If you want to accept the software agreements now, complete step 6 and then return here.
- Install option:
- Status displays might appear.
These displays show the status of the licensed programs and language
objects as they install on the system. You do not need to respond
to these status displays.
Installing Licensed Programs System: XXXX Licensed programs processed . . . . . . . . . . : 0 of XXX Licensed program install in progress
The following display is an example of the display that appears during the installation process.
Installing Licensed Programs System: XXXX Licensed programs processed . . . . . . . . . . : X of XXX Licensed Program Option Description Type 5770SS1 2 Online Information 2924
This display shows which licensed programs and optional parts of licensed programs are being processed. After the *PGM objects and *LNG objects are processed, the display shows the total number of licensed programs processed.
- If a message similar to the following appears, load the
next media volume that contains licensed program products, and continue
the installation. When you are installing from optical media, wait
for the In Use indicator to go out before you respond to the message.
Display Messages System: XXXX Queue . . . . . : QSYSOPR Program . . . . : *DSPMSG Library . . . : QSYS Library . . . : Severity . . . . : 95 Delivery . . . : *BREAK Type reply (if required), press Enter. Load the next volume in optical device OPT01 (X G) Reply . . . . G
Type
G
and press Enter.After you load each volume, type
G
and press Enter. If there are no more volumes to load that contain licensed programs, or if you want to end the loading process, typeX
and press Enter. - If a licensed program requires acceptance
of a software agreement, the Software Agreements display appears.
Do either of the following:
- Press F14 to accept the agreement and allow the licensed program to continue installing.
- Press F16 to decline the agreement and end the installation of that licensed program.
- The Work with Licensed Programs display appears on your
console when the installation process is completed. One of the following
messages appears on the bottom of the Work with Licensed Programs
display:
Work with licensed programs function has completed.
Work with licensed programs function not complete.