We cannot change your primary language to a language you currently have installed as a secondary

language on your system. You must delete the secondary language first before you can change it to
your primary language.

Go LICPGM

Option 22. Delete secondary languages.

Option 22 on the Work with Licensed Programs display is used to delete secondary languages
that you no longer want installed on your system.

On the Delete Secondary Languages display, type 4 to select the secondary language that you
want to delete. Press Enter. Press Enter again at the confirmation display.

Steps for changing the primary language.

1. Begin at the IBM i Main Menu (or the menu you chose as your initial menu).
Load the first volume of the media that contains the Licensed Internal Code. Have the
operating system (5770-SS1) media available. Remove other media from devices that
are not involved in these procedures.
Note: Do not load your secondary language media at this time.
2. Use the control panel to switch the mode to Manual.
3. Type PWRDWNSYS OPTION(*IMMED) RESTART(*YES) and press Enter.
Note: The default value for the Power Down System (PWRDWNSYS) command is to
display a confirmation. The default can be changed by specifying *NO for
the CONFIRM parameter: CONFIRM(*NO).
4. Wait for the IPL or Install the System panel to appear on your console.
5. IPL or Install the System
6. System: XXXX
7. Select one of the following:
8.
9. 1. Perform an IPL
10. 2. Install the operating system
11. 3. Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)
12. 4. Perform automatic installation of the operating system
13. 5. Save Licensed Internal Code
14.
 Type 2 (Install the operating system) and press Enter.
Install Device Type Selection
System: XXXX
Select the installation device type:

1. Tape
2. Optical
3. Virtual device - preselected image catalog
4. Current alternate selected device None
5. Network device
Type 2 (Optical) and press Enter.
Note: If you are using an image catalog, you would select option 3 (Virtual device -
preselected image catalog) instead of option 2.
5.The Confirm Install of the Operating System display is shown on your console. Press
Enter.
6.The Select a Language Group panel shows the primary language currently installed on
the system. Change the primary language of your system by specifying the language
feature code of the secondary language media on this display.

For example, assume the primary language is English (2924) and you are using
secondary language media to change it to Portuguese (2922). This display would
appear showing 2924. You would type 2922.

Select a Language Group

System: XXXX
Note: The language feature shown is the language feature
installed on the system.

Type choice, press Enter.

Language feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2924

Type the numbers of the feature code for the language you want and press Enter.

7.After the language feature code is entered, either the Confirm Language Feature
Selection display or the Confirm Service Tools Language display appears on your
console.
Changing the service tools language and the primary language.
Confirm Service Tools Language

Language feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2922

The IBM Licensed Internal Code (I.BASE.01) V7R3M0

media is required.

Press Enter to confirm your choice to install the service

tools language.

Press F5 to bypass installing the service tools language

and continue installing the operating system.

Press F12 to return to change your choice.

Confirm Language Feature Selection display when changing the primary language.
Confirm Language Feature Selection
System: SYSTEM1
Language feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2922
 Press Enter to confirm your choice for language feature.
Installing the system will continue.
Press F12 to return to change your choice for
language feature.

F3=Exit F12=Cancel
Press Enter.
8.Some status displays appear on the console. You do not need to respond to any of these
status displays. The following is an example of a status display:
15. Licensed Internal Code IPL in Progress
16.
17. IPL:
18. Type . . . . . . . . . : Attended
19. Start date and time . . : xx/xx/xx xx:xx:xx
20. Previous system end . . : Normal
21. Current step/total. . . : 1 16
22. Reference code detail . : C6004050
23. IPL step . . . . . . : Storage Management Recovery
24.
The following list shows some of the IPL steps that are shown on the IPL Step in
Progress display.

o Authority Recovery

o Journal Recovery

o Database Recovery

o Journal Synchronization

o Start the Operating System

Some of the IPL steps could take a long time.

9. You see the following display.

10.
11.
12. Message
13.
14. Message ID . . . . . . : CPA2055 Type . . . . . . . : Inquiry
15. From program . . . . . : ITLOADFO Severity . . . . . : 99
16.
17. Message . . . . . : The next volume in the sequence is needed to
18. continue the installation process.
19.
20. Cause . . . . . . : The end of the volume has been reached.
21.
22. Recovery . . . . : Load the next volume on the installation device.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30. Type choice, press Enter.
31.
32. Reply . . . . . 1 1=Continue, 2=End installing

Load the first volume of the IBM supplied installation media that contains the
operating system.

10. The Install the Operating System display appears when the IPL is complete.
11. Install the Operating System
12.
13. Type options, press Enter.
14.
15. Install
16. option . . . . . 2 1=Take defaults (No other
17. options are displayed)
18. 2=Change install options
19.
20. Date:
21. Year . . . . . . __ 00-99
22. Month . . . . . __ 01-12
23. Day . . . . . . __ 01-31
24.
25. Time:
26. Hour . . . . . . __ 00-23
27. Minute . . . . . __ 00-59
Second . . . . . __ 00-59
Type the following and press Enter.
a. Install option: 2

b. Date (Use the current year, month, and day.)

c. Time (Use the current time, 24-hour clock.)

11. The Installation Status display appears. You do not need to respond to this
display.
12. The Specify Install Options display appears.
13. Specify Install Options
14.
15. Type options, press Enter.
16.
17. Restore option . . . . . 4 1=Restore programs and language objects
18. from the current media set
19. 2=Do not restore programs or
20. language objects
21. 3=Restore only language objects
22. from current media set
23. 4=Restore only language objects
24. from a different media set using the
25. current install device.
26.
27.
28. Job and output
29. queues option . . . . 2 1=Clear, 2=Keep
30.
31. Distribute IBM i on
32. available disk units . . . 2 1=Yes, 2=No

f. Type either of the following for the restore option:

i. 3 (Restore only language objects from current media set) if you are
installing from the primary language media.
 ii. (Restore only language objects from a different media set using the
4
current install device) if you are installing from the secondary language
media.
g. Type 2 for the Job and output queues option and press Enter.
13. Based on the type of media you are using, perform either of the following
steps:

a. If you are using secondary language media, the Installation Status

display appears. You do not need to respond to this display. When the
following message appears, load the volume that contains secondary
language media.

b. Message
c.
d. Message ID . . . . . . : CPA2057 Type . . . . . . : Inquiry
e. From program . . . . . : XXXXXXX Severity . . . . : 99
f.
g. Language ID . . . . . . : 2922
h.
i. Message . . . . . . : The installation media containing language objects
j. for the system language is needed to continue the installation
k. process.
l.
m. Recovery . . . . . : Load the installation media containing language objects
n. for the specified language.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w. Type choice, press Enter.
x.
y. Reply . . . . . 1 1=Continue, 2=End installing

Type 1 and press Enter.

The system searches through the media and loads the necessary language
information. The Installation Status display appears, indicating that the
language is being changed (in stage 3). The installation continues through the
remaining stages. This display does not require a response.

z. If you are using primary language media, insert the correct media when
you are prompted.

14. After the base part of the operating system is changed to the new primary
language, the Sign On display appears on your console. Continue with the
steps to change the language objects for the licensed programs in Installing
the licensed programs after changing the primary language.
Installing the licensed programs after changing
the primary language
Last Updated: 2023-04-11

Follow these steps to install the licensed programs after you have changed the IBM®
i primary language.

If you have secondary logical partitions, you must perform this procedure on each partition to
which you want to install the licensed programs.

1. Begin at the Sign On display.

2. Sign On
3. System. . . . : XXX
4. Subsystem . . : XXXXX
5. Display . . . : XXXXXXXX
6.
7. User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . QSECOFR
8. Password. . . . . . . . . . . .
9. Program/procedure . . . . . . . ________
10. Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________
11. Current library . . . . . . . . ________
12.

Type QSECOFR for the User prompt, and type your password, if required. Press Enter.

2. Several display messages appear. To continue, press Enter on each display. The
following is an example of a message that might appear:
3. Display Messages
4. System: XXXX
5.
6. Queue . . . . . : QSYSOPR Program . . . . : *DSPMSG
7. Library . . . : QSYS Library . . . :
8. Severity . . . . : 10 Delivery . . . : *BREAK
9.
10. Press enter to continue.
11. System object QWCSCPF created again during IPL.
12.
13.

3. The IPL Options display appears.

4. IPL Options
5.
6. Type choices, press Enter.
7.
8. System date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX / XX / XX MM / DD / YY
9. System time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX : XX : XX HH : MM : SS
10. System time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . Q0000UTC F4 for list
11. Clear job queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
12. Clear output queues . . . . . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
13. Clear incomplete job logs . . . . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
14. Start print writers . . . . . . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
15. Start system to restricted state . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
16.
17.
18. Set major system options. . . . . . . . . Y Y=Yes, N=No
19. Define or change system at IPL. . . . . . N Y=Yes, N=No
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28. Last power-down operation was ABNORMAL

Note: Ignore the last power-down operation message on the IPL Options display.

Type the following and press Enter.

a. System date (Use the current date.)

b. System time (Use the current time, 24-hour clock.)
c. System time zone (Verify that it is correct or press F4 to select a time zone.)
d. Start system to restricted state Y
e. Set major system options N

4. Additional display messages could be shown.

Press Enter after each message to continue.

5.The IBM i Main Menu (or the menu you chose as your initial menu) appears on your
console.

Type CHGMSGQ QSYSOPR *BREAK SEV(95) and press Enter.

6. A message display could appear. Press Enter.

7. The IBM i Main Menu (or the menu you chose as your initial menu) appears again.

Type GO LICPGM and press Enter.

8. The Work with Licensed Programs display appears.

9. LICPGM Work with Licensed Programs
10. System: XXXX
11. Select one of the following:
12.
13. Manual Install
14. 1. Install all
15.
16. Preparation
17. 5. Prepare for install
18.
19. Licensed Programs
20. 10. Display installed licensed programs
21. 11. Install licensed programs
22. 12. Delete licensed programs
23. 13. Save licensed programs

If you are using primary language media, type 11, press Enter, and go to step 9.
 If you are using secondary language media, type 1, press Enter and go to step 12.

9.The Install Licensed Programs display appears. Type 1 in the option column next to the
IBM products and options that have *NOPRIMARY as the installed status value and which
exist on the media you will use for the installation. Press Enter.

10. The Confirm Install of Licensed Programs display appears. Press Enter to confirm
your choices or press F12 to return to the Install Licensed Programs display and
change your choices.
11. The Install Options display appears.
12. Install Options
13. System: XXXX
14. Type choices, press Enter.
15.
16. Installation device . . . OPT01 Name
17.
18. Objects to install . . . . 3 1=Programs and language objects
19. 2=Programs
20. 3=Language objects
21.
22. Nonaccepted agreement. . . 2 1=Do not install licensed program
23. 2=Display software agreement
24.
25. Automatic IPL . . . . . . N Y=Yes
26. N=No

Type the following on this display:

a. Installation device: OPT01 (In this example, OPT01 is used for the installation
device. If you use a different naming convention, type the name that you have
assigned to the installation device.)
b. Objects to install: 3
c. Nonaccepted agreement: 2

Press Enter and go to step13.

12. The Manual Install display appears.

13. Manual Install

14. System: XXXX
15. Type choices, press Enter.
16.
17. Install option . . . 1 1=Installed products
18. 2=All products
19. 3=New products
20.
21.
22. Installation device OPT01 Name
23.
24. Replace if current N Y=Yes
25. N=No
26.
27. Nonaccepted agreement 2 1=Do not install licensed program
28. 2=Display software agreement
29.
30. Automatic IPL . . . N Y=Yes
31. N=No
32.
 Type the following and press Enter:

o Install option: 1
o Installation device: OPT01
o Replace if current: N
o Nonaccepted agreement: 2
o Automatic IPL: N

13. One or both of the following displays show the status of the licensed programs and
language objects as they are being installed on the system. You do not need to respond to
these status displays.

14. Installing Licensed Programs

15. System: XXXX
16.
17. Licensed programs processed . . . . . . . . . . : 0 of XXX
18.
19. Licensed program install in progress
20.

The following display is an example of the display that appears during the installation
process.

Installing Licensed Programs

System: XXXX
Licensed programs processed . . . . . . . . . . : X

Licensed
Program Option Description Type
5770SS1 IBM i - Library QUSRSYS 2922

14. If you see the following message, load the next volume of the language media and
continue the installation Be certain that the next volume is for the same language.

21. Display Messages

22. System: XXXX
23. Queue . . . . . : QSYSOPR Program . . . . : *DSPMSG
24. Library . . . : QSYS Library . . . :
25. Severity . . . . : 95 Delivery . . . : *BREAK
26.
27. Type reply (if required), press Enter.
28. Load the next volume in optical device OPT01 (X G)
29. Reply . . . . G
30.

Type G and press Enter. After you load each volume, type G and press Enter. If there
are no more volumes to load that contain licensed programs, or if you want to end the
loading process, type X and press Enter.
15. The Work with Licensed Programs display appears on your console when the
language objects for all of the licensed programs are installed. One of the following
messages appears on the Work with Licensed Programs display:

Work with licensed programs function has completed. Press F3 (Exit) to return to the IBM
i Main Menu.