IBM i and related software

Use this information to manage the IBM® i operating system and related software on your system, from installation, upgrades, and licensing to inventory and fix management.

IBM i client partition considerations
There are important considerations for setting up and using IBM i client logical partitions on system hardware, such as the IBM BladeCenter blade server.
Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software
This topic collection guides you through the concepts and procedures for installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i software on your system.
Maintaining and managing IBM i and related software
This topic indicates how you can manage and maintain IBM i licensed programs and fixes in your network. It also describes how you and IBM can manage the usage, documentation, and the maintenance of software license information for certain IBM i licenses and packaged products
Distributing software
Sometimes it is desirable to duplicate some or all of a system's programs, including the operating system, onto another system. You can also duplicate some or all of a logical partition's programs onto another logical partition. The distribution process is especially useful and convenient when your network is large and you want all the systems in your computing environment to be identical.
Data migrations
An IBM i data migration is the process of moving data from one system or logical partition that is running IBM i or IBM i to another system or logical partition running IBM i. When migrating data between systems, the source system and the target system have different serial numbers