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.
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:
Table 1. Upgrade plan details for DB2 servers.Upgrade plan |
Details |
Prerequisites |
Ensure that you:
|
Pre-upgrade tasks |
Include the following tasks:
In addition, check the list of pre-upgrade
tasks for optional tasks that you might want to perform for
your environment such as upgrading your DB2 server in a test environment. |
Upgrade task |
You must include these steps:
Review the following upgrade tasks to determine the additional
steps that are required to upgrade your environment:
Take note of the time required to upgrade your databases. |
Post-upgrade tasks |
Include the following tasks:
In addition, check the list of post-upgrade
tasks for optional tasks that you might want to perform for
your environment. Consider adding the following tasks to your upgrade
plan:
|
- If you must be able to reverse the upgrade, add details
to the plan about the tasks required to reverse
a 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.