Upgrading

This section provides information about upgrading BMC Release Lifecycle Management Suite and migrating data from an earlier to the current version.  

Starting with version 5.0.03, BMC has replaced the BMC Release Lifecycle Management common installer with standalone installers for BMC Release Process Management (BRPM) and BMC Release Package Deployment (BRPD) applications. For more information about installing BRPM, see Installing. For more information about installing BRPD, see Installing.

The following table describes the supported upgrade paths for upgrading to BMC Release Lifecycle Management 5.0.03. 

Current version

Operating system

Supported upgrade version

Notes

4.8.08

Windows

Linux




5.0.03

  • To upgrade BMC RPM to 5.0.03, use the BRPM installer.
  • To upgrade BRPD to 5.0.03, use the BRPD installer.
  • After the upgrade, perform the post-upgrade configurations. For more information, see Configuring-after-upgrading.

5.0.00

5.0.01

5.0.02


Important

If you have used embedded database while installing BRPM and BRPD by using the common installer, starting 5.0.03, the embedded database for either of the products is dropped when you upgrade to BRPM and BRPD. BMC recommends that before upgrading you back up the database and after upgrading successfully, restore the backup. For restoring backup, see Configuring-after-upgrading.

For any additional preparatory tasks that you must perform before the upgrade, see Preparing-for-installation.

 

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