Upgrade process overview

This topic provides the information you need to prepare your environment for the upgrade process. It includes information about supported upgrade paths and instructions for preparing to upgrade the BMC Database Automation (BDA) system.

Supported upgrade paths

The following figures illustrate the supported upgrade paths from various BDA versions to BDA 8.7:

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Support for different agent and Manager versions

BDA supports the use of agents that are one major version earlier than the current major version of the Manager. For example, version 8.6 agents can connect to version 8.7 Managers.

Where to go next

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