Re: IBM i software keys for new P9

Let me clear up just a tick what Jim mentioned here.

Often companies use the 70 day 'Trial period' to do their migration. This is not allowed. IBM Sells what is know as 'ITLs' or 'i Temporary Licenses'. These are sold on the new server and are month by month by processor core. When purchased they ALSO give you the right to use all the LPPs licensed to the old box as those will be coming across.

So if you think you can migrate in one month you need one ITL for each processor core on the new system. If it's going to take you 3 months you'll need 3x that many.

Amazing to me how many BPs ignore this and let the customer break IBMs T&Cs.

Once you've completed the migration then you input the reduction keys (requested by your BP as Jim mentiones) onto the old machine and within a day you'll have the perm keys for the new system. The old system is thus rendered useless.

If you are in the situation Rob mentioned where you're swinging fiber cables as your method of migration then there is no system left to put the reduction keys into!! Again discuss with your BP because IBM has a procedure for this as well. You will simply be required to indicate that you've migrated with this method and sign off that there is no internal disk on the old machine and thus no operating system there to 'reduce'. Once executed IBM will make the perm keys available to the new machine.

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On 12/5/2018 10:01 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

If you moved the software from the old box to the new box, your partner will
have to request "reduction keys" from IBM. You apply those keys to the
donor system and take screen shots of the screens having done it, save those
to a document. You'll need to give that to your partner.

Your partner will then request the new permanent keys for the P9. Meanwhile
the donor machine is essentially a vegetable.

In short get to it so the 70 day trial does not get you. Technically you
should have configured the "migration" feature code, (and pay for it) then
you would have the ability to keep both systems functional during the
cutover. Both systems would also be under maintenance (software/hardware)
at that point too.


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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

-----Original Message-----
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Paul
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Subject: IBM i software keys for new P9

When receiving a new P9, how long should it take before seeing the new IBM I
software keys on the IBM support site for the new serial number make and
model.

5062: No keys found for the selected operating system.

Thank You
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