Completing the migration from a IBM i model that does not support IBM i 7.3

If you cannot load IBM® i 7.3 on your source system, perform these procedures to migrate data to the target system or logical partition.

1. Perform a manual IPL
2. At the IPL Options display, enter the correct date and time. Verify that the following values are set as follows:

           Start to system to restricted state = Y
           Define or change system at IPL = Y
           Set major system options = Y

3. On the Set Major System Options display, select N to not enable automatic configuration.
4. On the Define or Change the System at IPL display, do the following steps:
   1. Select option 3 (System value commands).
   2. On the System Value Commands display, select option 3 (Work with System Values).
   3. On the Work with System Values display, enter 2 to change the following system values:
      • Change QALWOBJRST to *ALL (Allow all object restore options).
      • Change QFRCCVNRST to 0 (Do not convert anything).
      • Change QINACTITV to *NONE (The system does not check for inactive interactive jobs).
      • Change QIPLTYPE to 2 (Attended IPL, console in debug mode).
      • Change QJOBMSGQFL to *PRTWRAP (Wrap the job message queue and print the messages that are being overlaid because of wrapping).
      • Change QJOBMSGQMX to a minimum of 30 and 64 is suggested (Job message queue maximum size of 30 MB).
      • Change QLMTDEVSSN to 0 (Do not limit).
      • Change QLMTSECOFR to 0 (Explicit device access not needed).
      • Change QLOGOUTPUT to *JOBLOGSVR (The job log will be produced by a job log server).
      • Change QMAXSIGN to *NOMAX (No maximum number of sign-on attempts).
      • Change QPFRADJ to 2 (Performance adjustment at IPL and automatic adjustment).
      • Change QPWDEXPITV to *NOMAX (A password can be used an unlimited number of days).
      • Change QSCANFSCTL to *NOPOSTRST (After objects are restored, they will not be scanned just because they were restored).
      • Change QVFYOBJRST to 1 (Do not verify signatures on restore. Restore all objects regardless of their signature).
   4. After the system changed the system values, press F3 (Exit) twice to return to the Define or Change the System at IPL display
5. On the Define or Change the System at IPL display, press F3 to exit and continue the IPL.
6. On the Change Password display, either type the current password (if this is not the first IPL), or type QSECOFR as the current password. Enter a new password. Reenter the password to verify and press Enter.
7. Perform steps 31 through 38 in the topic Restoring previous release user data to a new system.
8. If a controller or device no longer has a valid resource on the system, follow the steps in the topic Fixing hardware resource names after a data migration to make the necessary corrections.
9. Install any new licensed programs.
   For more information, see Installing additional licensed programs.
10. Follow the steps in Checklist: Completing the IBM i upgrade or replacement.
11. Add job scheduler entries using the Add Job Schedule Entry (ADDJOBSCDE) command and the information you printed from your source system.
12. If you installed System i® integration with BladeCenter and System x on your system and you saved it while it was varied off, follow these steps:
    1. Add the links for the server descriptions. Enter the following for each server description:

       ADDNWSSTGL NWSSTG (storage_name) NWSD(server_description)

    2. Vary on your integrated server by entering WRKCFGSTS *NWS and selecting option 1 to vary on each server.
13. Print your system configuration information:
    1. On the IBM i command line, enter PRTSYSINF and then print the resulting spooled files. This prints reports of the hardware resources, software resources, system values, installed fixes (program temporary fixes or PTFs), and other configuration information.
    2. Print a new system configuration list and keep this list for future reference. For instructions, see Printing the system configuration list.
    3. On the IBM i command line, enter WRKDEVD (Work with Device Descriptions) and enter option 6 to print the device descriptions.
    4. On the IBM i command line, enter WRKCTLD (Work with Controller Descriptions) and enter option 6 to print the controller descriptions.
14. Save the entire system using option 21 of the GO SAVE command. For more information about the GO SAVE command, see Overview of the GO SAVE command. Specify the following options:
    1. Vary off the network server...*ALL
    2. Unmount file systems..........Y
    3. Spooled file data ............*ALL
    Note: Ensure that you have two copies of the backup media.
15. Resume normal operations and verify that all your applications run properly.
16. Tune the system performance.

    This ensures that your systems make the best use of the system resources and allows workloads to run as efficiently as possible. For details, see Tuning performance.