Upgrade guide for Content Manager OnDemand server

 

	Overview
	Pre-upgrade Tasks
	Where to Download Fixpacks
	Where to Download Full Install Packages
	Miscellaneous

Overview
The goal of this document is to provide a central set of instructions, information, and references to enable you to upgrade your Content Manager OnDemand server successfully. If upgrading to a new Content Manager OnDemand server version, there are additional steps that must be performed before and after the software has been upgraded.

Pre-upgrade Tasks  

1. Check the end of support date for your target Content Manager OnDemand server level by reviewing the IBM Software Support Lifecycle. Search for the product name, Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms.
    
2. Review the latest Content Manager OnDemand flashes and alerts for known critical issues before choosing your target Content Manager OnDemand server version, release, modification, and fixpack level.
    
3. Ensure you meet the prerequisites of your target Content Manager OnDemand server level. Select the tab corresponding to your target level for specific prerequisite information.
    
4. Review the Content Manager OnDemand server and client compatibility matrix.
    
5. Download the required target Content Manager OnDemand server software.
    
6. Have a copy of your current Content Manager OnDemand server software available in case the upgrade must be backed out. To downgrade to a previous version, you must uninstall the Content Manager OnDemand server software, re-install, and upgrade back to your previous version.
    
7. If on Unix® or Linux®, backup your Content Manager OnDemand server configuration files (ars.ini, ars.cfg, ars.cache, ars.dbfs, arsload.cfg) and custom user exits. The upgrade installers might override your existing files if incorrect install options are selected.
   
   These files are typically found in your Content Manager OnDemand server config, exits, bin, and bin/exits subdirectories.
    
8. Take a backup of your Content Manager OnDemand database. Migrating between versions of the Content Manager OnDemand server might require commands that will alter your database. To back out of an upgrade, one required step is to restore a database backup taken at your previous Content Manager OnDemand server level.

Where to Download Fixpacks
A fixpack requires an existing installation of the Content Manager OnDemand server and cannot be used to install the software from scratch. The Content Manager OnDemand fixpacks can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central. Select the following options:
 

• Product Group: Enterprise Content Management
  Product: Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms

Where to Download Full Install Packages
The full install packages on IBM Passport Advantage do not require an existing installation of Content Manager OnDemand server and can be used to install the software on a new system. For instructions to locate the packages on Passport Advantage, see the details provided after clicking the tab at the beginning of this document that corresponds to the version to which you plan to upgrade.

If you are unable to find the software on Passport Advantage, contact your IBM sales representative to ensure you are entitled to download the software.

Miscellaneous  

• Library and object servers must run with the same version, release, modification, and fixpack.
• ARSLOAD must be at the same version, release, modification, and fixpack level as the Content Manager OnDemand server into which ARSLOAD is loading data.
• To upgrade to a new server version of Content Manager OnDemand, the full install package must be downloaded from IBM Passport Advantage.