Before performing an upgrade or applying a fix pack

If you are performing an upgrade installation of IBM® Stewardship Center, or applying a fix pack, then there are important steps that you should take to protect your existing customizations.

Before installing the new version of IBM Stewardship Center:

Create a snapshot of all IBM Stewardship Center applications and tool kits in your deployment.
Back up the snapshots by exporting them to your file system using the BPM Process Center console.

After installing the new IBM Stewardship Center version:

Manually reapply all of your IBM Stewardship Center customizations.
If your previous installation of IBM Stewardship Center used IBM BPM 8.6, upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow. For more information, see this IBM Support document.

Note: Fully automated merge capabilities are not available with BPM Process Designer functionality.