Preparing for data migration

Prepare the source and target servers for the data migration.

This task describes how to prepare to migrate your data to a new target server.

• Preparing for data migration with i5/OS V5R4 on the source server
  Use these instructions if you can load i5/OS V5R4 on your source server.
• Preparing for data migration from i5/OS V5R3 or OS/400 V5R2 or V5R1
  Use these instructions if you cannot or do not want to load i5/OS V5R4 on your source server. These instructions will prepare to migrate your data from a server running i5/OS V5R3 or OS/400 V5R2 or V5R1 to a target server running i5/OS V5R4.
• Preparing for data migration from a Linux partition
  This information helps you to prepare to migrate your data from a server running Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux^® or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to a target server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.