Upgrade the Application

How to:

Upgrade PMF
Upgrade PMF in UNIX

Upgrading PMF will let the installer decide how to install the new version based on what is found on your machine. You can upgrade PMF only if you already have an older version of PMF installed.

A PMF upgrade will affect all the components that were previously installed. When upgrading, be sure to back up any changes that were made.

Procedure: How to Upgrade PMF

Insert the Performance Management Framework CD in your CD drive. The Setup program starts automatically.

Choose what language to run the setup program in before proceeding.
A window opens that lists the prerequisites for installing PMF.

Click Next to continue.
Select Upgrade in the window that appears, as shown in the following image.

Click Next to continue.
If the PMF Setup program correctly found the previous installation, an upgrade confirmation message is displayed in the window that appears, as shown in the following image.

The installation files will be upgraded and when you login to PMF, the PMF administrator will resynchronize the database. A message stating that some previously written files are going to be overwritten appears, as shown in the following image.

Click Next to continue to step 6.
If either the previously installed version is earlier than PMF Release 5.0 or the PMF Setup program was unable to find the previous installation, an upgrade error message is displayed in the window that appears, as shown in the following image.

The PMF Setup program will upgrade the files in the installation, but the database will have to be manually upgraded utilizing the included DDL scripts.

Click Next to continue.
The summary information window appears, as shown in the following image.

Note: Up to this point, no changes have been made to your machine and you may cancel the install.

Click Next to continue.
The installation window appears, showing that the new version of PMF is being installed. When it finishes installing, click Next to continue.
The PMF Setup program copies all the files and configures PMF for operation. After the PMF Setup program is complete, a window will open prompting you to restart the web server and web application server.

Click Next to continue.
A final installation window will open, informing you that PMF was successfully upgraded.

Click Finish to exit the upgrader.

Procedure: How to Upgrade PMF in UNIX

Launch the Setup program, as shown in the following image.

Choose what language to run the setup in before proceeding.
The prerequisites for installing PMF are listed, as shown in the following image.

Enter 1 to continue.
Select Upgrade for the install type, as shown in the following image.

Enter 1 to continue.
Select the check boxes for the components that you want to install, as shown in the following image.

Enter 1 to continue.
Type the Web Home, WebFOCUS Client, and WebFOCUS Server file locations in the appropriate fields, as shown in the following image.

Note: The fields available in this window depend on what components were installed in step 4.

Enter 1 to continue.
If the setup program correctly found the previous installation, an upgrade confirmation message is displayed.

The installation files will be upgraded and when you login to PMF, the PMF administrator will resynchronize the database. A message stating that some previously written files are going to be overwritten appears, as shown in the following image.

Enter 1 to continue.
The summary information appears, as shown in the following image.

Note: Up to this point, no changes have been made to your machine and you may cancel the setup.

Enter 1 to continue.
The Setup program copies all files and configures PMF for operation.
The final installation information that appears, as shown in the following image, tells you that PMF has been successfully upgraded.

Enter 3 to finish and exit the installation.