Upgrading to Fix Pack 3 or 4

For IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management Fix Pack 3 or 4, the following upgrading scenarios are supported:

If your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version is 4.6, IBM Cloud Pak foundational services (previously called Common services) version is 3.12.x, Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version is 2.2, and IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management version is 2.3 Fixpack 1, 2 or 3, you are recommended to upgrade all the services to the later available versions as follows. For upgrading steps, see Upgrading to Fix Pack 3 or 4 - scenario 1.
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 -> 4.8
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x -> 3.14
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2 -> 2.3
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 1 or 2 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 3, 4 or 5
```
or
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 -> 4.8
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x -> 3.14
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2 -> 2.3
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 3 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 4
```

If your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version is 4.6, IBM Cloud Pak foundational services version is 3.12.x, and Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version is 2.2, you want to upgrade IBM Cloud Pak foundational services, Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, and IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management to their later versions, and keep Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform retain its previous version as follows, see Upgrading to Fix Pack 3 or 4 - scenario 2.
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x -> 3.14
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2 -> 2.3
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 1 or 2 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 3, 4
```
or
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x -> 3.14
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2 -> 2.3
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 3 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 4
```
If your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version is 4.6, IBM Cloud Pak foundational services version is 3.12.x, and Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version is 2.2, you want to upgrade only IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management to its later version, and keep Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, IBM Cloud Pak foundational services, and Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes retain their previous versions as follows, see Upgrading to Fix Pack 3 or 4 - scenario 3.
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 1 or 2 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 3 or 4
```
or
```
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6
IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.12.x
Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management 2.2
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 3 -> 2.3 Fix Pack 4
```

Notes:

The steps to upgrade IBM Cloud Pak® for Multicloud Management to Fix Pack 3 and Fix Pack 4 are the same.
If your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version is 4.5 or earlier versions, you must upgrade to at least 4.6. See Supported OpenShift versions and platforms.
If your Red Hat® Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes version is 2.1 or earlier versions, you must upgrade to at least 2.2. See Supported Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management versions.
If your IBM Cloud Pak foundational services version is 3.6 or earlier versions, you must upgrade to at least 3.6. See Supported IBM Cloud Pak foundational services versions.