You can upgrade the operator in the OpenShift Operator Hub to the new version before you
apply your custom resource upgrades.
About this task
New releases of the 21.0.x catalog are published in the IBM operator catalog. If you
installed, for example a Cloud Pak for Business Automation
21.0.1 operator on your cluster, then the instance appears in Installed
Operators. You can see the Subscription details after selecting
the operator as shown in the following screen capture.
![Change subscription](../images/scrn_channel.jpg)
The channel in 21.0.1 used stable,
V21.1 in 21.0.1-IF001, and it changed to V21.2 in 21.0.2.
Select the new channel to upgrade the operator.
Procedure
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In the Subscription tab, click to edit the
Channel.
The current channel appears selected, and any new channels appear in the Update
Channel list.
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To change the subscribed channel, select the v21.2 channel and click
Save.
The Cloud Pak for Business Automation operator is
automatically updated to 21.0.2.
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Click Installed Operators to see that the operator has been
updated.
If the Cloud Pak for Business Automation operator upgrade
continues to show the status "Upgrading" then you might need to intervene.
![Upgrading status](../images/scrn_status_upgrading.jpg)
To
resolve the issue remove the previous version of the operator by clicking the 3 vertical dots in the
far right column, click Uninstall Operator, and then install the operator
again from the IBM Cloud Pak® for Business Automation catalog.