Updating IBM Storage Protect Plus by using the user interface

Use the IBM Storage® Protect Plus user interface to update the product online.

Before you begin

Complete the following tasks before you start the update process:

Log in to the IBM Storage Protect Plus as the superuser. The IBM Storage Protect Plus superuser is the user who is assigned the SUPERUSER role.
Ensure that your IBM Storage Protect Plus environment is backed up before you run updates. For more information about backing up your environment, see Backing up the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog.
Ensure that no jobs are running during the update procedure. Pause the schedule for any jobs that have a status of IDLE or COMPLETED.
Clear the cache for the browser that you use to open the IBM Storage Protect Plus user interface. HTML content from previous versions of IBM Storage Protect Plus might be stored in the cache.

To update IBM Storage Protect Plus, complete the following steps:

In the IBM Storage Protect Plus user interface, click the user menu in the menu bar, and then click Update IBM Storage Protect Plus.
The installed versions are shown.
Click Check for updates.
Click the version that you want to update to, and then click Proceed to update.
Review the summary information, and then click Update.
Click Yes to confirm the update.
A window opens showing the update state for each IBM Storage Protect Plus component.
When the status of all components is Running, click Reload and then click Reload again in the confirmation dialog box.
The IBM Storage Protect Plus login page is opened with a message that the server is being brought up. When this message is no longer shown, you can log in to IBM Storage Protect Plus.
Log in to IBM Storage Protect Plus.
In the navigation panel, click Jobs and Operations, and then click the Schedule tab.
Find the jobs that you paused.
Click the actions menu icon for the job, and then click Release Schedule.