Upgrading IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps on OpenShift
Upgrade an existing online or offline deployment of IBM Cloud Pak® for AIOps 4.6.0 or later to 4.7.0.
You cannot use these instructions to upgrade deployments of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.5.1 or earlier.
Upgrade paths
IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps uses a versioning system of X.Y.Z, where X=version, Y=release, and Z=patch. For example, IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.6.1 is version 4, release 6, patch 1. IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps upgrades can be release upgrades or patch upgrades.
You can upgrade by a maximum of one release at a time. If the release that you want to upgrade from is more than one release behind the release that you are upgrading to, then you must upgrade sequentially. For example, you cannot upgrade directly from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.3.0 to v4.7.0, you must use the following sequence:
- Use the v4.4.1 documentation to upgrade from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.3.0 to v4.4.1.
- Use the v4.5.1 documentation to upgrade from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.4.1 to v4.5.1.
- Use the v4.6.1 documentation to upgrade from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.5.1 to v4.6.1.
- Use the v4.7.0 documentation to upgrade from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.6.1 to v4.7.0.
Controlling upgrade
From IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.7.0 onwards, all upgrades must be initiated manually. Automatic upgrade of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps does not occur. For more information, see Whats New.
Upgrade procedure
Important: If you are planning to upgrade Red Hat OpenShift as part of an upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4.7.0, then you must complete the IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps upgrade before you upgrade Red Hat OpenShift.
The upgrade procedure depends on whether your deployment is an online or offline (air-gapped) deployment:
- Online upgrade of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps (console method)
- Online upgrade of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps (CLI method)
- Offline upgrade of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps
For more information about online and offline deployments, see Installing IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.