Upgrading Checklist

The following table identifies the high-level tasks that you perform to upgrade Data Relationship Management.

Table 2. Upgrading Checklist

Task

Reference

1. Review release compatibility, system requirements, and other prerequisites for this release.

If your database environment needs to be upgraded, perform the database upgrade before you proceed. See the database documentation for details.

Note:

If you are using Shared Services, you must upgrade the Oracle's Hyperion® Shared Services installation before upgrading the Data Relationship Management. For more information, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.

2. Back up the earlier release.

Before you proceed with an upgrade, ensure that you have backed up information from the earlier release including databases, applications, and other files.

3. Download and prepare the installation files.

Download files for Release 11.1.2.1 and extract the zip file contents.

4. Stop Data Relationship Management services.

If you are installing Release 11.1.2.1 on the same machine as the earlier release installation, stop the Data Relationship Management services.

5. Uninstall the earlier release of Data Relationship Management.

If you are upgrading from release 11.1.2, you do not need to uninstall the earlier release. Install this release over the earlier release.

If you are upgrading from a release prior to 11.1.2, you must first manually uninstall the old release and then install the new release.

6. Install release 11.1.2.1 of Data Relationship Management

Installing Data Relationship Management.

7. Configure Data Relationship Management.

Use the Data Relationship Management Configuration Console to configure the new installation. See Upgrading an Existing Data Relationship Management Application.

8. Undeploy the 11.1.2 Web Service.

If upgrading the Web service from 11.1.2, the Web service DrmWebService can be undeployed using the Weblogic console. Instructions on how to undeploy a Web service can be found in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Security and Administrator’s Guide for Web Services.

9. Optional: Deploy and configure the Web Service.

Deploying and Configuring the Data Relationship Management Web Service API

10. Start Data Relationship Management services.