DevOps Test Hub upgrade by using upgrade (by new install) method

When your version of IBM® DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) is 10.1.2 or earlier, then to upgrade Test Hub, you must uninstall the existing version and install the latest version.

Before you upgrade Test Hub, you must ensure that you have completed the following tasks:

  • Installed Helm. For more information, refer to the Installing a Helm chart on an Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster section in the Red Hat OpenShift documentation.

  • Completed all test executions that are running on the existing version of Test Hub.

  • Stopped all stub executions that are running on the existing version of Test Hub.

  • Canceled any scheduled test runs that have a future date or time.

  • Informed users that Test Hub is offline temporarily during the upgrade process.

For more information about specific versions of software requirements, see System Requirements for DevOps Test Hub 2024.12 (11.0.4).

In upgrade (by new install) method, depending on the existing version of Test Hub, you can upgrade Test Hub by using any of the following options.

To upgrade Test Hub (10.1.2 or earlier) to latest version, you must perform these tasks in sequence as listed in the following table:

Tasks Task description More information
1 Back up the user data from the previous version of Test Hub. Backing up DevOps Test Hub data on Red Hat OpenShift
2 Uninstall the previous version of Test Hub. Uninstalling DevOps Test Hub from IBM Red Hat OpenShift
3 Install the latest version of Test Hub. Installation of DevOps Test Hub on IBM Red Hat OpenShift by using the online method
4 Migrate the user data after the installation is complete. Migrating user data on Red Hat OpenShift

If your existing version of Test Hub is 10.0.2, Fix Pack 1, or earlier, then you cannot directly upgrade to the latest version of Test Hub due to the steps involved in the migration process. Therefore, you must perform the tasks in sequence as listed in the following table:

Tasks Task description More information
1 Upgrade Test Hub 10.1.2. Installation of DevOps Test Hub on IBM Red Hat OpenShift
2 Back up the user data from Test Hub 10.1.2. Backing up DevOps Test Hub data on Red Hat OpenShift
3 Uninstall Test Hub 10.1.2. Uninstalling the server software
4 Install the latest version of Test Hub. Installation of DevOps Test Hub on IBM Red Hat OpenShift by using the online method
5 Migrate the user data after the installation is complete. Migrating user data on Red Hat OpenShift