Rolling back a failed upgrade

If your upgrade fails or the product does not work after the upgrade is completed, you can rollback the failed upgrade to an earlier version of the product. An upgrade failure might occur in various scenarios. For example, if you do not have sufficient permissions to perform the installation. For more information, see Preparing-for-installation.

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Files automatically backed up when performing an upgrade

When you perform an upgrade, the following files are automatically backed up at %BMC_ITDA_HOME%\Upgrade_Backup_version:

The upgrade utility does not back up the indexed data. For information about backing up Indexed data, see Backing up and restoring indexed data .

For more information, see Modifying-the-configuration-files.

To rollback a failed upgrade to an earlier version

  1. Uninstall the product to which you upgraded. For more information, see Uninstalling.

  2. Install the previous version of the product.

    Note

    During installation, ensure that the product services are not started immediately after the installation is complete.

  3. After the installation is complete, copy the backed up files to the appropriate locations:

  4. Start the product services. For more information, see Starting-or-stopping-product-services.
  5. Start the product. For more information, see Accessing-the-console.
    The product is restored to the earlier version along with the indexed data, configuration data, and any customizations you must have made.

 

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