Watson Explorer Upgrade Options
A new installer was introduced with Watson™ Explorer version 11.0.0.1. Version 11.0.2 does not use Installation Manager to install Watson Explorer.
You will still need to use Installation Manager to uninstall previous versions. See for uninstall instructions.
IBM makes every possible effort to ensure that software upgrades are as easy as possible. However, seamless upgrades are not always possible when product names, installation requirements, and installation locations change.
- Operating Systems
- Hardware
- Prerequisite software
- Supported software
- Client Requirements
For a description of the modules included in Watson Explorer, see Overview of Watson Explorer Foundational Components.
There are two options for upgrading to 11.0.2 or later:
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Install 11.0.2 (or later) in the same directory as the earlier version on the same
machine:
Uninstall Watson Explorer 11.0.0 or earlier using Installation Manager, then install 11.0.2 (or later) in the same directory. In this scenario your search collection data and other modified files can remain in the same location.
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Install 11.0.2 (or later) in a different directory than the earlier version on the same
machine:
Uninstall Watson Explorer 11.0.0 using Installation Manager, then install 11.0.2 in a different directory on the same machine.
- Search collection data
- Any modified files (files in your 11.0.0 (or earlier) installation that have been modified since they were installed by the Installation Manager)
- All manually created files from your old installation directory
- Any Application Builder and Results Module data. See Backing Up Application Builder and Upgrading from IO Pro for instructions.
Search collection data is stored in the directory listed below by default. (Changing the location of this directory is common. For information on how to change the location of a search collection directory, see Relocating Collections.):
<install_dir>/Engine/data/search-collections/
Most modified and manually created files will be stored in (but not limited to) the following directories:
<install_dir>/Engine/data/axl-pools/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/dictionaries/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/fonts/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/key-match/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/pears/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/reporting/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/repository-supplements/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/sessions/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/static/*
<install_dir>/Engine/data/su-tokens/*
These files may have been modified also:
<install_dir>/Engine/data/repository-internal.package
<install_dir>/Engine/data/ISYS-license
- Linux: /opt/ibm/WEX/
- Windows: \Program Files\IBM\WEX\