Determine your upgrade path
Use this list to determine your options for upgrading IBM OpenPages® with Watson™.
- If your source environment is at version 7.4.x, 8.0.x, or 8.1.x
- You have two options:
- Upgrade (Also called an
in-place
upgrade or anover the top
upgrade.)With this option, you install version 8.2 on top of your existing deployment. See Prepare for the upgrade.
- Migration upgrade
With this option, you do a fresh installation of 8.2 and then migrate files and data. See the IBM OpenPages with Watson Installation and Deployment Guide.
Use this option, for example, if you want to use new hardware.
- Upgrade (Also called an
- If your source environment is at version 7.3.x
- You must do a migration upgrade. See the IBM OpenPages with Watson Installation and Deployment Guide.
- If your source environment is at version 7.2.x or earlier
- You must first migrate to 7.4.x, 8.0.x, or 8.1.x. You can then upgrade or migrate to 8.2. Or you can migrate to 7.3.x and then migrate to 8.2.