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International Technical Suppor t Organization AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Migration in a CATIA and ENOVIA Environment December 2003
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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. iii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vTrademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 7 - Notices
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. v Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the ...
Page 8 - Trademarks
vi CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 Trademarks The following terms are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both: AIX®AIX 5L™ BladeCenter™C Set ++® DB2®DFS™ ™ ^ ™ IntelliStation® IBM®Micro Channel®PowerPC 604™P...
Page 9 - Preface; The team that wrote this Redpaper
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. vii Preface This IBM Redpaper is a guide covering the migration of the AIX operating system from AIX Version 4.3 to AIX 5L in a CATIA or ENOVIA environment. This document was written to guide an AIX administrator through the steps of a migration to AI...
Page 10 - Become a published author
viii CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project: Karsten SchönbergBertrandt, Germany Christian SetzerCompuNet, Germany Ekkehard Blauth and Matthias HoffmannPorsche, Germany Rolf SimonVW Gedas, Germany Kenneth D. Fox ...
Page 11 - Supported hardware
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 1 Chapter 1. Supported hardware This chapter provides a brief description of the supported pSeries hardware models for AIX and the hardware supported for CATIA and ENOVIA. To prevent a time-consuming analysis, all implemented workstation and server ha...
Page 12 - Supported hardware for AIX 5L
2 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 1.1 Supported hardware for AIX 5L AIX 5L Version 5.1 runs on most IBM IntelliStation POWER series, IBM RS/6000, and IBM Sserver pSeries systems. These include the IntelliStation POWER 265 and 275; the pSeries 620, p640, p670, p680, p690; and ...
Page 13 - Supported hardware for CATIA and ENOVIA
Chapter 1. Supported hardware 3 Sserver pSeries 620 Models 6F0 or 6F1 Sserver pSeries 630 Models 6C4 or 6E4 Sserver pSeries 640 Model B80 Sserver pSeries 650 Model 6M2 Sserver pSeries 655 Model 651 Sserver pSeries 660 Models 6H0, 6H1 or 6M1 Sserver pSeries 670 Sserver pSeries 680 Mod...
Page 15 - Migration methods
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 5 Chapter 2. Migration methods This chapter provides an introduction to migration and explains why customers should migrate to AIX 5L. The following different migration methods are described in detail: Migration installation New or complete overwr...
Page 16 - Definition of migration; Reasons to migrate; Migration methods
6 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 2.1 Definition of migration The term migration is defined in the information technology field as the change of one operating environment for another. This can involve moving to new hardware, to new software, or both. In the way it is used in ...
Page 17 - New and complete overwrite installation
Chapter 2. Migration methods 7 2.3.1 Migration installation Migration installation is the default method to move from AIX 3.2 or any release of AIX Version 4 to AIX 5L. During a migration, the installation process determines which optional software products are installed on the existing version of t...
Page 18 - Migration sources
8 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 Following are some of the tasks you might perform, based on your specific environment, when selecting a new and complete installation. Set the system date and time for your time zone. Set a root user account password to restrict access to...
Page 19 - Alternate disk migration
Chapter 2. Migration methods 9 2.4.1 AIX and compiler CDs Installation CDs are required for a migration, even if used as the base installation media or used to set up a Network Installation Management (NIM) server. All appropriate CDs are required, including the AIX 5L base operating, compiler, and ...
Page 21 - Planning the migration
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 11 Chapter 3. Planning the migration This chapter documents the existing production environment to ensure a straightforward migration process of AIX Version 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1. Careful planning and detailed documentation will provide a successf...
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12 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 3.1 Shell scripts With AIX 5L, there are a few functional enhancements of ksh, the Korn shell. The default shell is still /usr/bin/ksh. It is hard linked to /usr/bin/psh, /usr/bin/sh, and /usr/bin/tsh. It is an implementation of the 1988 ver...
Page 24 - pSeries Customer-Managed Microcode; Installation preparation
14 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 3.4 IBM Sserver pSeries Customer-Managed Microcode The pSeries and RS/6000 Customer-Managed Microcode is a methodology that allows you to manage and install microcode updates on pSeries and RS/6000 systems, and associated I/O adapters. The M...
Page 25 - AIX and compiler runtime download Web sites
Chapter 3. Planning the migration 15 3.6 AIX and compiler runtime download Web sites In some cases you need to order or download general AIX PTFs. CATIA and ENOVIA also require specific FORTRAN and C++ Run Time Environment levels. These filesets are available for download from the Web, as shown in t...
Page 27 - Starting the migration
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 17 Chapter 4. Starting the migration This chapter describes the environment used to perform and test the migration process using a straightforward method provided by Network Installation Management (NIM). Depending on the complexity and the size of th...
Page 28 - Migration using NIM
18 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 4.1 Hardware layout To cover the most common installed hardware configurations used in several customer environments, the layout shown in Figure 4-1 was chosen to perform the migration tasks. The final hardware in customer implementation wil...
Page 31 - Migration experiences
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 21 Chapter 5. Migration experiences In this chapter we provide the information received during the migration process executed on the CATIA clients and the NFS and NIS server. Though not all individual AIX configurations are covered, most of the instal...
Page 32 - Migration experiences for AIX; Umlaute on a German language keyboard
22 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 5.1 Post-migration tasks After the migration, you will need to perform several tasks. The list of tasks required depends on your actual environment. During the migration process, installation messages of the installp command are shown on the...
Page 33 - Activating spaceball or spacemouse
Chapter 5. Migration experiences 23 # (c) IBM Deutschland GmbH, Gregor Linzmeier and Volker Haug######################################################################## mount intelli275:/stuff /mntif [ $? != 0 ] then echo "Error mounting NFS filesystem from the NIM server" echo "Error mo...
Page 34 - Migration experiences for CATIA and ENOVIA
24 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 NIM server. During the migration the previous 4.3.3 documentation filesets are replaced by the ones for AIX 5L Version 5.1. But it might occur that you cannot start the documentation search engine or the documentation itself. To recover from...
Page 35 - Fileset and bundle information
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 25 Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information In this appendix we provide detailed information for system administrators to compare the listings of the fileset information used in the migration process. Additionaly, a new developed AIX 5L Version 5.1 ...
Page 49 - AIX 5L Version 5.1 Bundle
Appendix A. Fileset and bundle information 39 AIX 5L Version 5.1 Bundle To support system administrators, the following sample bundle file is provided to ensure that all nessesary filesets are installed to run CATIA and ENOVIA products. The contents of the bundle information are filesets that should...
Page 53 - Checklists
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 43 Appendix B. Checklists This appendix provides system administrators with a checklist to prepare the nessesary environment. We used these lists to check the installation before and after a migration installation, but you can also use them to create ...
Page 54 - Client checklist
44 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 Client checklist Depending on your customer’s choice, a mix of migration methods and installation from scratch will be done. Espesically for a base installation, Table B-1 should be used to examine the current system settings and to ensure t...
Page 57 - Abbreviations and acronyms
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 47 AIX Advanced Interactive Execute APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report BOS Base Operating System CDE Common Desktop Environment CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read Only Memory CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CPU Central Processing Unit DNS Domain ...
Page 59 - Related publications; IBM Redbooks
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2003. All rights reserved. 49 Related publications The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this Redpaper. IBM Redbooks For information on ordering these publications, see “How to get IB...
Page 60 - How to get IBM Redbooks
50 CATIA and Enova migration AIX 4.3 to AIX 5L Version 5.1 How to get IBM Redbooks You can search for, view, or download Redbooks, Redpapers, Hints and Tips, draft publications and Additional materials, as well as order hardcopy Redbooks or CD-ROMs, at this Web site: ibm.com/redbooks Help from IBM I...
Page 62 - Checklists included; Back cover
® INTERNATIONAL TECHNICALSUPPORTORGANIZATION BUILDING TECHNICAL INFORMATION BASED ON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IBM Redbooks are developed by the IBM International Technical Support Organization. Experts from IBM, Customers and Partners from around the world create timely technical information based on re...