Milestone 3 Upgrade Workbench
Upgrade process
This milestone provides instructions for upgrading a single user instance of Workbench for Eclipse from a previous release. Instructions for deploying new releases of Workbench for Eclipse to multiple end users are covered in Milestone-5-Deploy-Workbench.
There are two methods for upgrading an existing installation of Workbench for Eclipse or its plug-ins within a supported Eclipse or IBM IDz instance:
Update Wizard:
Workbench for Eclipse
, built on Eclipse technology, offers an Update Wizard that allows users to update Workbench for Eclipse features of the current installation. Any new features available from the upgrade release will need to be installed, after performing the update, using the procedure for Adding-and-removing-Workbench-features.
- Reinstall: Reinstall by either uninstalling and installing Workbench for Eclipse, or its plug-ins within Eclipse or IBM IDz, or by installing over an existing stand-alone Workbench for Eclipse installation.
Upgrading
Workbench for Eclipse
Current Release | New Release | Supported Upgrade Method |
|---|---|---|
BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse 20.15.x | BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse 23.01.x | Fresh install only |
BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse 20.14.x | BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse 20.15.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.13.x | BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse 20.14.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.12.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.13.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.11.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.12.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.10.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench20.11.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.9.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench20.10.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench20.8.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.9.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.7.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.8.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.6.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.7.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.5.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.6.x | |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.4.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.5.x | |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.3.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.4.x | |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.2.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.3.x | |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.1.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.2.x | |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.6.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 20.1.x | Reinstall only |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.5.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.6.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.4.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.5.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.3.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.4.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.2.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.3.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.1.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.2.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 18.3.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 19.1.x | Reinstall only |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 18.2.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 18.3.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 17.2.x | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 18.2.x | Update Wizard or Reinstall |
BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 16.3.x or earlier | BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench 17.2.x or later | Reinstall only |
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