Upgrade roadmap: Upgrade the client applications from a previous release
This upgrade roadmap lists the high-level steps that are required to upgrade the client applications necessary for generating reports.
Planning tasks
Review the
Planning the installation
information.
Review the
Upgrading options
.
Preupgrade tasks
Complete the required preupgrade tasks:
Tip:
The
Pre-upgrade checklist
helps you track the completion of planning and preinstallation tasks.
Review the installation requirements.
If you are upgrading from 1.1.2.2 or earlier, ask your server administrator for updated license keys.
If you stored snippets or other files in your
%RPE_HOME%\source\snippets
directory or customized any source examples, copy them to a backup directory.
If you are upgrading from 1.1.2.2 by installing the later version (recommended option), close any running
Rational Publishing Engine
applications and
uninstall the previous version of
Rational Publishing Engine
.
Upgrade tasks
Complete one of the following upgrade tasks:
If you are upgrading from 1.2, use the
IBM Installation Manager
upgrade wizard. Complete this option by using the
Upgrading from a previous release
task.
If you are upgrading from 1.1.2.2 or earlier, select one of the following options:
Recommended: After you complete the uninstall step that is listed in the preupgrade tasks, install
Rational Publishing Engine
by using the
Install Rational Publishing Engine clients as an upgrade
task.
Use the
IBM Installation Manager
upgrade wizard. Complete this option by using the
Upgrading from a previous release
task.
Note:
If you choose to use the upgrade wizard, the
Rational Publishing Engine
version number is not removed or updated in the installation path.
Postupgrade tasks
Complete the postupgrade tasks:
Tip:
The
Post-upgrade checklist
helps you track the completion of postupgrade tasks.
If the shortcuts from the previous release did not get removed during the upgrade,
delete them.
If you are upgrading from version 1.1.2.2 and earlier and you use
Rational DOORS®
as a data provider,
update the data source schemas in the templates by using the schema discovery.
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