You can migrate your data from one server to another or upgrade
to a new hardware feature, IBM®i5/OS® release,
or server model if you are using an IBM eServer™ i5 or iSeries™ model.
Upgrades
You can upgrade your i5/OS to
a new release, upgrade your IBM eServer i5 or iSeries server to a new IBM System i5™ or eServer i5 model, or upgrade
to a new hardware feature. The source server and the target server will keep
the same serial number during an upgrade.
Data migration
You can migrate your data from an IBM eServer i5 or iSeries server to a new IBM System i5 or eServer i5 model. The source
server and the target server must have different serial numbers when migrating
your data.