For all products, the upgrade to Version 8 Release 5 follows
specific rules:
- You must upgrade your Version 8.4.3 prerequisites to the Version
8.5 prerequisites before you upgrade.
For WebSphere Application Server ealier than Version 8: If you have WebSphere® Application
Server applications such as the resource manager application
or web services configured in Content Manager EE Version 8.4.3, then you must apply Version 8.4.3 Fix Pack
1 or later and also upgrade WebSphere Application
Server to Version 8 before you can upgrade Content Manager EE to Version 8.5. WebSphere Application
Server Version 8 is the minimum
prerequisite supported by Content Manager EE Version 8.5.
- After you upgrade to Version 8.5, you cannot revert back to Version
8.4.3.
- Version 8.5 reuses the same product directory (IBMCMROOT), working directory, and system registries as Version 8.4.
- If you need to install any new Version 8.5 features, then run
the configuration manager after the upgrade.
For IBM Case Foundation: If you enabled IBM® Case
Foundation (FileNet® Business Process Manager) in Version
8.4, then it will remain enabled in Version 8.5. If you did not enable IBM Case
Foundation in Version 8.4 but want
to enable it for Version 8.5, then you must configure Content Manager EE Version 8.5; then once the
upgrade is complete, rerun the Content Manager EE configuration manager and configure the Content Manager EE connector with Enable IBM Case
Foundation selected.
- If the configuration manager fails, then you can retry it. You
do not need to rerun the upgrade wizard after it succeeds.
- Cross-platform upgrades are not supported. For example, you cannot
upgrade a Version 8.4.3 AIX® database
to a Version 8.5 Solaris database.
- Although Version 8.5 no longer uses Advanced Workflow, the upgrade
will not automatically remove these privileges.
