You can upgrade IBM® Maximo Application Suite automatically or manually. Before you upgrade,
you must complete several prerequisite tasks to ensure that your Maximo Application Suite
environment meets the upgrade requirements.
For information about upgrading application and add-ons, see Application and add-ons upgrade prerequisites
To upgrade Maximo Application Suite and its applications, you can use the methods in
the following table. The upgrade method that is used is determined by your chosen installation
method.
| Upgrade method |
Maximo Application Suite upgrades |
Application upgrades |
| Channel subscription |
- Your Maximo Application Suite instance is automatically kept up to date with the
latest version that is available in the Maximo Application Suite operator's subscription
channel.
- Optionally, you can reconfigure the subscription to ensure that upgrades require manual approval
before they begin.
- This upgrade method is used if you installed Maximo Application Suite from the IBM Operator catalog in your Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster.
|
- Your application is automatically kept up to date with the latest version that is available in
the application operator's subscription channel.
- You are notified when an update is available.
- If you turned on the Automatic approval switch when you deployed the
application, it is automatically updated to the most current version in the channel. If you turned
off this switch, you must manually approve the update.
|
| Manual This upgrade method is applicable to Maximo Application Suite 8.9 or
earlier.
|
- You manually keep Maximo Application Suite up to date with the latest version.
- You are notified when a new version is available.
- You are responsible for ensuring compatibility between versions.
- You use this upgrade method if you installed Maximo Application Suite by downloading
the software from IBM
Passport Advantage® and running the installer
script.
|
- You manually update your applications to new versions.
- You are notified when new application versions are available.
- You are responsible for ensuring application version compatibility.
|
After you install the Maximo Application Suite or deploy an application, you cannot
change the upgrade method. To use a different upgrade method, you must reinstall the Maximo Application Suite or delete and redeploy the application.
Before you begin
For information about upgrading application and add-ons, see Application and add-ons upgrade prerequisites
Attention: IBM App Connect and Cloud Pak for Data do
not support odd-numbered Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions. If Maximo Assist, Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities, or Maximo Predict is deployed, you must use even-numbered Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions.
Procedure
-
Use the upgrade process that applies to your upgrade method.
- For channel subscription upgrades, use this
process.
- In Maximo Application Suite 8.9 and earlier, for manual upgrades, use this process.
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Update applications
When the Maximo Application Suite upgrade is complete, updated applications are made
available. For each application, an update is automatically deployed only if you chose the
Subscription upgrade method and the Automatic approval
option when you deployed the application.
To update your remaining deployed Maximo Application Suite applications, use the application update process. You must complete any
pre-update, update, and post-update steps before you start to use the updated applications.
What to do next
If you encounter issues during or after the upgrade, use the troubleshooting information in
this documentation to help you resolve the issues. For more information, see Troubleshooting upgrade issues.
