Before upgrading, make a backup copy of your current IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation in case you need to revert to it.
You should always contact IBM® Software Support before attempting to use the files generated by the following procedures to restore the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment. The support staff can help ensure success of the restoration. Otherwise, errors made during the modification of the Windows registry could lead to a corrupted operating system or other problems.
The following procedures describe valid methods for creating a backup. However, an enterprise typically has a standard process for preserving a backup image of all computer systems, including the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment. In most cases, the standard process for your enterprise is preferable to the processes described in this section. Use the instructions in this section only when a standard backup process is not available.
You must perform the following instructions when no other activity is running on the system. The user accounts that you use to perform these activities must have root or Administrator privileges: