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Milestone 3 Upgrade Topaz Workbench



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Important

Role involved:

Topaz Workbench

Installer

Upgrade process

This milestone provides instructions for upgrading a single user instance of

Topaz Workbench

from a previous release. Instructions for deploying new releases of

Topaz Workbench

to multiple end users is covered in Deploy Topaz Workbench.

There are two methods for upgrading an existing installation of

Topaz Workbench

or its plug-ins within a supported Eclipse or IBM IDz instance:

  • Update Wizard: 

    Topaz Workbench

    , built on Eclipse technology, offers an Update Wizard that allows users to update

    Topaz Workbench

    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 in Adding-and-removing-Topaz-Workbench-features.

  • Reinstall: Reinstall by either uninstalling and installing

    Topaz Workbench

    , or its plug-ins within Eclipse or IBM IDz, or by installing over an existing stand-alone Topaz Workbench installation.
Error
Warning

Topaz Workbench

has undergone some structural changes that prohibit specific upgrade scenarios from allowing an upgrade via the Update Wizard. These are noted below.

Upgrading 

Topaz Workbench

Current Release

New Release

Supported Upgrade Method

Topaz Workbench

20.10.x

Topaz Workbench

20.11.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

20.9.x

Topaz Workbench

20.10.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

20.8.x

Topaz Workbench

20.9.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

20.7.x

Topaz Workbench

20.8.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

20.6.x

Topaz Workbench

20.7.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

20.5.x

Topaz Workbench

20.6.x

Topaz Workbench

20.4.x

Topaz Workbench

20.5.x

Topaz Workbench

20.3.x

Topaz Workbench

20.4.x

Topaz Workbench

20.2.x

Topaz Workbench

20.3.x

Topaz Workbench

20.1.x

Topaz Workbench

20.2.x

Topaz Workbench

19.6.x

Topaz Workbench

20.1.x

Reinstall only

Topaz Workbench

19.5.x

Topaz Workbench

19.6.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

19.4.x

Topaz Workbench

19.5.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

19.3.x

Topaz Workbench

19.4.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

19.2.x

Topaz Workbench

19.3.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

19.1.x

Topaz Workbench

19.2.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

18.3.x

Topaz Workbench

19.1.x

Reinstall only

Topaz Workbench

18.2.x

Topaz Workbench

18.3.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

17.2.x

Topaz Workbench

18.2.x

Update Wizard or Reinstall

Topaz Workbench

16.3.x or earlier

Topaz Workbench

17.2.x or later

Reinstall only

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