Upgrading prerequisite software (Upgrading from Version 5.1 to Version 5.2)

Several services have prerequisite software that must be upgraded by a cluster administrator.

Upgrade phase
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Who needs to complete this task?

Cluster administrator A cluster administrator must update the prerequisite software on the cluster.

When do you need to complete this task?

Complete the appropriate tasks if your environment includes any of the services that need the prerequisite software.

One-time setup You must complete this task if you upgrade your cluster and need to upgrade the prerequisite software to maintain compatibility with:
  • The version of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform that you are running.
  • The version of IBM® Software Hub that you plan to upgrade to.

About this task

The prerequisite software that you must upgrade depends on the services on your environment. Use the following table to determine which prerequisite software you need to upgrade:

Prerequisite software Services with this prerequisite Upgrade this software if...
Node Feature Discovery Operator

An asterisk (*) indicates that the service requires GPU in some situations.

  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Premium *
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Standard *
  • Watson Machine Learning *
  • Watson Studio Runtimes *
  • watsonx.ai™
  • watsonx Assistant *
  • Watsonx BI
  • watsonx Code Assistant™
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible® Lightspeed
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Explanation
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Generation 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx.data™ *
  • watsonx.data Premium
  • watsonx.data intelligence
  • watsonx™ Orchestrate *

You upgraded Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and the operator is installed with installPlanApproval: Manual.
NVIDIA GPU Operator

An asterisk (*) indicates that the service requires GPU in some situations.

  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Premium *
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Standard *
  • Watson Machine Learning *
  • Watson Studio Runtimes *
  • watsonx.ai
  • watsonx Assistant *
  • Watsonx BI
  • watsonx Code Assistant
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Explanation
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Generation 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx.data *
  • watsonx.data Premium
  • watsonx.data intelligence
  • watsonx Orchestrate *

The version of the operator on your cluster has reached the end of support. For details, see NVIDIA GPU Operator Life Cycle in the

Red Hat OpenShift AI

An asterisk (*) indicates that the service requires Red Hat OpenShift AI in some situations.

  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Premium *
  • IBM Knowledge Catalog Standard *
  • watsonx.ai
  • watsonx Assistant *
  • Watsonx BI
  • watsonx Code Assistant
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Agentic 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Explanation
  • watsonx Code Assistant for Z Code Generation 5.2.1 and later
  • watsonx.data Premium
  • watsonx.data intelligence
  • watsonx Orchestrate *

The required version of Red Hat OpenShift AI depends on the version of IBM Software Hub that you plan to install.

You must upgrade this software if both of the following statements are true:
  • You plan to upgrade an instance of IBM Software Hub with services that have a dependency on Red Hat OpenShift AI.
  • You plan to upgrade to a version of IBM Software Hub that requires a newer version of Red Hat OpenShift AI.
Multicloud Object Gateway
  • Watson Discovery
  • Watson Speech services
  • watsonx Assistant
  • watsonx Orchestrate

You must upgrade Multicloud Object Gateway if you upgrade Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Knative Eventing
  • watsonx Assistant
  • watsonx Orchestrate
You must upgrade Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Knative Eventing if any of the following statements is true:
  • There is a new version of the IBM Events Operator included with IBM Software Hub.
  • You upgrade Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and the version of the Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Operator on your cluster is not supported on the version of OpenShift Container Platform that you are running.
  • The version of the Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Operator on your cluster is out of support.

Procedure

Update the appropriate prerequisite software on your cluster.