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Preparing to upgrade and migrate

Whether you are upgrading and saving your customizations or simply upgrading, you must first back up the current installation. If the .kml file or any .km files for the new version of PATROL for DB2 UDB has a different file name from the earlier version, you must remove those files from the list of KMs that are preloaded on the PATROL Agent.

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You must remove the current PATROL for DB2 UDB files from the PATROL_CACHE directory for the console. If you do not, old product files in PATROL_CACHE are loaded instead of the newly installed files from PATROL_HOME.

To back up the current installation and move files from PATROL_CACHE

  1. Shut down any PATROL Agents, consoles, and related services that are currently running.
  2. Ensure that no one is accessing any PATROL files or directories.
  3. Perform a full backup of the directories where PATROL files are typically stored. These directories are listed in the following table and the following table.

    Files for WindowsThe [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
    Files for UNIX and LinuxThe [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
  4. Remove the obsolete or changed .km files from the list of preloaded KMs on each PATROL Agent. For instructions for removing KMs from the preload list, see Loading the KM component.

 

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BMC PATROL for DB2 Universal Database 9.0