Upgrade CMOD 8.5 to 10.5

[apaes]

Hello everyone,

I am planning on a upgrade of CMOD from 8.5 (base) running on an AIX 7.1 (base) with Db2 9.5 (base) to CMOD 10.5.0.3.

I was looking for CMOD 8.5 and CMOD 9.0 software requirements (specially AIX and DB2) but couldn't find any documentation on that then I came to this forum for help/support.

Does anyone have any upgrade roadmap for that environment of situation or can point me to some requirements documentation for CMOD 8.5 and 9.0 ?

Thanks,

Andre

[Ed_Arnold]

Andre - sadly I don't have the requirements for those levels anymore.

But usually the CMOD pre-req doc always says "such and such a level or later."

So you might want to try upgrading everything non-CMOD first and save it for last.

Ed

[Justin Derrick]

Requisite information can be found in the 'ReadMe', and I keep an archive of the latest CMOD ReadMe files on the wiki:

https://cmod.wiki/dox/CMOD-v8.5-README.txt

https://cmod.wiki/dox/CMOD-v9.0-README.txt

https://cmod.wiki/dox/CMOD-v10.1-README.txt

https://cmod.wiki/dox/CMOD-v10.5-README.txt

-JD.

[apaes]

Thanks @Ed and @JD for your response.

I checked each link you provided JD (thank you so much for keep a copy of them!) and according to them AIX 7.2 was mentioned only on CMOD 10.5. All the others had the  "or later" statement like @ED mentioned.

Would you guys just give me a hint about what you think it's better in my case ?

Option 1:
  1. Upgrade AIX to 7.2 Base
  2. Upgrade DB2 to 11.1.1.1 (it's a supported version for CMOD starting on version 9.5)
  3. Upgrade CMOD 8.5 to 9.5 (according to this document: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/upgrade-guide-content-manager-ondemand-server-v950#850X)
  4. Upgrade CMOD 9.5 to 10.5 (according to this document: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/upgrade-guide-content-manager-ondemand-server-v1050#950X)
  5. Apply IF10.5.0.3
  6. Install WAS
  7. Install Navigator

Option 2:
  1. Apply TL2 on AIX 7.1 (minimum requirement for CMOD 9.5)
  2. Upgrade CMOD 8.5 to 9.5 (according to this document: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/upgrade-guide-content-manager-ondemand-server-v950#850X)
  3. Upgrade DB2 to 11.1.1.1 (it's a supported version for CMOD starting on version 9.5)
  4. Upgrade CMOD 9.5 to 10.5 (according to this document: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/upgrade-guide-content-manager-ondemand-server-v1050#950X)
  5. Upgrade AIX to 7.2 Base
  6. Install WAS
  7. Install Navigator

I appreciate any idea / comments you guys could provide me on that.

Thx, Andre

[Justin Derrick]

Hey Andre.

Since I really don't know your environment, I can't comment on which option is best for you - but I'll give you the standard advice I tell everyone who is upgrading CMOD - do your upgrade in each region (from Dev to QA to DR to Prod) and make sure you define a testing plan at the very beginning to make sure everything works the way you expect on the new version.

Good luck!

-JD.