Pre-Upgrade Tasks

Before you upgrade Service Registry, perform the following procedures:

• Backing Up Service Registry Data

• Upgrading Service Registry Dependencies

Backing Up Service Registry Data

The Service Registry upgrade from Release 4 to Release 5 does not modify configuration data or the registry and repository database. You do not have to back up current data.

Upgrading Service Registry Dependencies

All Java ES components on a computer system and in a computing environment should be upgraded to Java ES Release 5. Service Registry has hard upgrade dependencies on a number of shared components and on Application Server.

When upgrading Service Registry dependencies, you should do so in the order below, before you upgrade Service Registry. Upgrade of shared components is normally achieved automatically by the Java ES installer.

1. Shared Components.Release 5 installer automatically installs all required shared components in the parallel path.

2. Application Server. Instructions for upgrading Application Server to Release 5 are provided in Chapter 6, Application Server