Upgrading an IBM FileNet Collaboration Services application

After you upgrade the IBM® Content Navigator software, you must rebuild and redeploy your IBM FileNet® Collaboration Services web application.

Before you begin

Before you rebuild and redeploy the web application, back up the IBM FileNet Collaboration Services configuration profile that you plan to rebuild and redeploy.
To Back up your IBM ECM CMIS configuration profiles, complete the following steps:
  1. Log on to the IBM ECM CMIS server as a user with access to the IBM ECM CMIS Configuration and Deployment Tool.
  2. Copy the profiles that you want to back up from the configure/profiles subdirectory of the IBM ECM CMIS installation directory. Each profile is a folder that contains the files that build and deploy a specific instance of IBM ECM CMIS. You can copy the profiles to another directory on the server or onto a network directory or similar location where the files are accessible but secure.
  3. To restore the configuration profiles, copy the profile folders back to the configure/profiles directory on the IBM ECM CMIS server.
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About this task

If you have more than one IBM FileNet Collaboration Services deployment in your environment, you must rebuild and redeploy each deployed instance of IBM FileNet Collaboration Services.

Use the following table to determine which configuration and deployment tasks you must run:

Table 1. Configuration and deployment tasks that need to be run when you upgrade an IBM FileNet Collaboration Services deployment
Task IBM Content Manager users IBM Content Manager OnDemand users IBM FileNet Content Manager users Notes
Update the FileNet P8 Client Configuration Files     Sometimes required Run this task if you upgraded your Content Engine or Content Platform Engine installation to ensure that IBM FileNet Collaboration Services is running the same version of the client files as your Content Engine or Content Platform Engine server.
Configure the JDBC Driver for your Database Rarely required Rarely required Rarely required Run this task only if you changed the location of the JDBC drivers on your IBM Content Navigator server.
Configure the IBM Content Navigator Web Application Optional Optional Optional Run this task if you want to configure IBM FileNet Collaboration Services parameters by using the IBM Content Navigator administration tool.
Configure IBM FileNet Collaboration Services Required Required Required  
Build the Web Application Required Required Required  
Deploy the Web Application Required Required Required