Related information for Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software

Manuals

• System Manager Use (about 415 pages)

  This document provides information about using the System Manager licensed program to handle fixes, install and distribute products, and maintain software applications. This is a separately orderable product.

Web sites

There are a variety of Web sites you can use to find more information about managing and maintaining software and licensed programs. These include:

• Support for System i®

  The IBM Support for System i Web site takes you to information such as ordering and downloading fixes.

Other information

• The Backup and recovery category contains information about how to plan a backup and recovery strategy, how to set up disk protection for your data, how to back up your system, and how to control your system shutdown in the event of a failure. It also includes information about the Backup, Recovery, and Media Services plug-in to System i Navigator.
• The Distributing software topic collection describes how you can distribute some or all of the programs on a system, including the operating system, to another system.
• The Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software topic collection describes how you can install the IBM i release, part of the release, or licensed programs related to IBM i. This information also describes how to change a primary language, install a secondary language, or delete software that is related to the IBM i operating system.