IBM iFAQs

• What IBM i versions are supported?
• What options are available for upgrades and patching?
• What backup solutions are available for IBM i?
• What Licensing Tiers are available?
• What OS features and LPPs are available?
• OS Features
• Licensed Program Products
• Rational Developer Pack

IBM i

The following FAQs are related to the IBM i operating system.

What IBM i versions are supported?

IBM Power for Google Cloud uses POWER9 and POWER10 hardware. It supports the following versions of IBM i:

• 7.2 TR8
• 7.3 TR4
• 7.4
• 7.5

What options are available for upgrades and patching?

The customer is responsible for IBM i system maintenance including upgrades and patching. Converge can provide additional managed services for IBM i. Possible services include managed backup, basic OS updating and patching, and complete managed services. Please contact a Converge representative for more information.

What backup solutions are available for IBM i?

Reference architectures and managed services for IBM i backup on IBM Power for Google Cloud are in development. Currently, any agent-based solution would be technically viable as long as it can support the customer’s backup requirements. Customers should consider an IP-based VTL solution hosted in GCE as the recommended approach to IBM I backups in IP4G.

What Licensing Tiers are available?

We offer P10 (all regions), P20 (select regions) and P30 (select regions) licensing tiers for IBM i.

What OS features and LPPs are available?

OS Features and LPPs are available as follows:

OS Features

• 5770-DG1: HTTP Server for i
• 5770-JV1: Developer Kit for Java
• 5770-NAE: Network Authentication Enablement for i
• 5733-SC1: Portable Utilities for i
• 5770-TC1: TCP/IP
• 5770-TS1: Transform Services for i
• 5770-UME: Universal Manageability Enablement for i
• 5770-XE1: IBM i Access for Windows
• Zend Community Edition
• 5733-ARE: IBM Administration Runtime Expert
• 5798-FAX: IBM Facsimile Support for i
• 5770-SM1: IBM System Manager for i
• 5770-DFH: IBM CICS Transaction Server for i
• 5770-MG1: IBM Managed System Services for i
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 23, OptiConnect
• Any other no-cost OS feature from IBM

Licensed Program Products

• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 18 Media & Storage Extensions
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 26 DB2 Symmetric Multiprocessing
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 27 DB2 Multisystem
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 38 PSF for IBM i Any Speed Printer Support
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 41 HA Switchable Resources
• 5770-SS1: IBM i Option 42 HA Journal Performance
• 5761-AMT: Rational Application Management Toolset
• 5770-AP1: Advanced DBCS Printer Support
• 5733-B45: AFP Font Collection for it
• 5770-BR1: Backup, Recovery and Media Services
• 5761-DB1: System/38 Utilities
• 5761-CM1: Communications Utilities
• 5761-DS2: Business Graphics Utility
• 5648-E77: InfoPrint Fonts
• 5769-FN1: AFP DBCS Fonts
• 5769-FNT: AFP Fonts
• 5733-FXD: Integrated Domino Fax
• 5770-PT1: Performance Tools
• 5770-QU1: Query for i
• 5770-ST1: DB2 Query Manager and SQL Dev Kit for i
• 5733-XT2: XML Toolkit
• 5770-XW1: IBM i Access Family
• 5770-MC1: IBM Cloud Storage Solutions

Rational Developer Pack

This is not part of the standard LPP package, it is an add-on.

5770-WDS: Rational Development Studio for i

• ILE compilers
• Heritage compilers
• Application Development Toolset (ADTS)

5733-RDW: Rational Developer for i

• RPG Tools, basic user
• COBOL Tools, basic user