General Upgrade Procedure Requirements
Important: | If you do not conform to these requirements, you will experience unpredictable results, possibly including corruption of your installation and data. |
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Perform the tasks in this guide in the exact order in which they are presented. The task order is critical because your products have many inter-dependencies, including shared infrastructure and event driven architecture. Make sure to complete the tasks in the following chapters, in order:
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This chapter.
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All chapters for your products.
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Do not start any new products before the instructions in this guide tell you to do so, or your database components could become corrupted.
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Perform the tasks in this guide for all upgrade paths unless the guide states that a particular task is required for certain upgrade paths only.
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This guide assumes you are using the same RDBMS in the new environment that you used in the old environment. If you want to use a different RDBMS in the new environment, there are special requirements that must be met before you can upgrade your products. Contact
Software AG Global Consulting Services for more information.