Upgrading shared cluster components (Upgrading from Version 5.0.x to a later 5.0 refresh)
Before you upgrade IBM Cloud Pak for Data, you must upgrade the Certificate manager, License Service, and scheduling service.
- Upgrade phase
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- Updating your client workstation
- Collecting required information
- Preparing to run an upgrade in a restricted network
- Preparing to run an upgrade from a private container registry
- Upgrading prerequisite software
- Upgrading shared cluster components
- Preparing to upgrade an instance of Cloud Pak for Data
- Upgrading an instance of Cloud Pak for Data
- Who needs to complete this task?
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Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must complete this task.
Remember: If you gave another user the minimum role-based access control (RBAC) to install the scheduling service and you want that user to upgrade the scheduling service, you must complete Giving a user the minimum RBAC to install the scheduling service before you complete this task. - When do you need to complete this task?
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One-time setup You must complete this task before you upgrade IBM Cloud Pak for Data.
If you have multiple instances of Cloud Pak for Data on the cluster, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade the shared components to the same release as the latest version of Cloud Pak for Data that you plan to install on the cluster.
For example, if you have two instances of Cloud Pak for Data at Version 5.0.2 and you plan to upgrade one of the instances to Version 5.0.3, upgrade the shared cluster components to Version 5.0.3.
Before you begin
In addition, ensure that you source the environment variables before you run the commands in this task.