Planning the upgrade of DB2® servers
requires that you review all of the applicable upgrade prerequisites,
pre-upgrade tasks, upgrade tasks and post-upgrade tasks.
About this task
This task helps you create a an upgrade plan for DB2 servers in DB2 environments other than DB2 pureScale® environments.
Procedure
To create an upgrade plan for your DB2 servers:
Write the upgrade plan for DB2 servers,
using all of the details that apply to your environment:
If you set the diaglevel database
manager configuration parameter to 3 or higher as
recommended in the pre-upgrade tasks for DB2 servers,
reset this parameter to the value set before the upgrade.
Review
manageability, performance, and scalability enhancements in What's
New for DB2Version 10.1 to determine what new functionality you might want
to apply to your environment.
If you must be able to reverse the upgrade, add details
to the plan about the tasks required to Reversing DB2 server upgrade.
These details should include any steps required in the upgrade task
that enables you to reverse the upgrade.
Combine with the upgrade plan for other components such
as clients, database applications, and routines to create an overall
upgrade plan for your DB2 environment.