Upgrading to a New Server

You can install a new version of IBM® Controller on a separate computer and configure it to use your existing data. Using this as a staging environment, you can test the new product. You can continue to run the older version of IBM Controller in your production environment. When the new version is operating and fully tested, you can switch your production environment to the new version and then uninstall the old version.

To configure the new version of IBM Controller to use your existing data, you must create copies of the databases and then configure the new version to use the copies. Then you must upgrade your databases.

Procedure

  1. Using your database tools, create copies of your existing Controller databases.
  2. Install the new version of IBM Controller on the new computer.

    If you do not accept the default installation location, be sure to use only ASCII characters in the name of any new installation directory you create.

  3. Configure a new set of Web server aliases for IBM Controller.
  4. Configure IBM Controller, using the following requirements:
    • Configure the Controller Web Services Server computers to use the copy of your Controller database.
  5. Upgrade your application databases Upgrading your application databases.
  6. Test the new version.

Results

After upgrading, there may be additional installation and configuration required to use new features. For more information, see the What's new in IBM Controller topic.