Getting started
Use this list to determine your installation path for IBM OpenPages® with Watson™.
- If OpenPages isn't installed yet or you want to do a fresh installation
- See the following topics to get started:
- If your source environment is at version 7.4.x, 8.0.x, or 8.1.x
- You can upgrade or migrate to 8.2.
With an upgrade, you install version 8.2 on top of your existing deployment. This method is sometimes called an
in-place upgrade.
or anover-the-top upgrade.
If you want to do an upgrade, see the following guides:Or, you can do a migration upgrade. With a migration upgrade, you do a fresh installation of 8.2 and then migrate files and data. Use this option, for example, if you want to use new hardware. If you want to do a migration upgrade, see the following topics to get started: - If your source environment is at version 7.3.x
- You must migrate to 8.2.
With a migration upgrade, you do a fresh installation of 8.2 and then migrate files and data.
See the following topics to get started: - Fix packs
- If your source environment is at 8.2, you can install 8.2 fix packs.
If your source environment is at version 7.2.x or earlier, you must first migrate to 7.3.x or later. You can then migrate to 8.2.