FileNet P8 Platform, Version 5.2.1

Upgrading FileNet P8 documentation

FileNet® P8 Platform documentation is distributed as part of IBM® Knowledge Center on www.ibm.com. From the various user and administrative applications, you can link either to the online documentation on www.ibm.com or link to a local information center that you install and deploy.

About this task

The advantages of linking to the IBM Knowledge Center are:

You do not have to maintain a documentation server and local information center.
You do not have to install any documentation in your environment, except for what is automatically installed within some of the FileNet P8 software components.
The documentation is always up to date.

If you want to switch to the online documentation from IBM Knowledge Center, update the base documentation URL after you complete the upgrade. For more information, see Updating the base documentation URL for the FileNet P8 domain.

If you want to access the documentation locally in your FileNet P8 environment, you must install and deploy the information center WAR file as a web application on a supported application server. Then you designate that web application location as the base documentation URL.

Note: You might not want to replace your existing information center until after you have completed the upgrade. Multiple references are made to topics in the earlier version of the documentation, such as to backup procedures prior to the upgrade.