Planning your hardware for data migration

Before you perform the actual IBM® i data migration, identify your hardware requirements and prepare your hardware.

To prepare your hardware, perform these general tasks:
  1. Start of change Order the target system with feature code 0205 or prepare your target system or logical partition.
    If the Licensed Internal Code is not preinstalled on the target system with IBM i 7.3, IBM recommends that you upgrade to the new release of the operating system on your source system before you migrate your data to the new system. Feature code 0205 authorizes you to use the new version and release on the source system for the sole purpose of migrating your data. You must reinstall the previous operating system on the source system after the data migration is complete.
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  2. Identify the hardware requirements for your data migration.
    See the IBM Power Systems Hardware Information Center for more information.
  3. Identify any tape incompatibilities.
    You must ensure that you have a tape drive that is compatible with the target system. To determine if your tape drive is compatible, see the Storage Solutions Web site. To learn more about tape devices, see the Tape topic.
  4. Ensure that you have a physical plan for the target system.
    The target system is going to be set up and running beside the source system for a period of time. There are physical planning and setup implications that pertain to the target system.