Uninstalling Previous Versions of P6

You must uninstall any previous versions of P6 before upgrading to the latest version of P6.

Cautions:

Before upgrading P6, you should upgrade the P6 EPPM database to the current version. See P6 EPPM Upgrade and Configuration Guide or P6 EPPM Manual Upgrade Guide for your database for details on how to upgrade your database and for information on potential impact areas to your environment. For the full list of tested configurations for P6, go to the \Documentation\<language>\Tested_Configurations folder of the P6 EPPM physical media or download.

If you are a current Apache JackRabbit user and want to upgrade to the latest version of P6 EPPM, JackRabbit documents data will not migrate automatically. Refer to My Oracle Support's Knowledge Articles for information on manually migrating JackRabbit documents to Oracle Universal Content Management. Oracle recommends that you migrate the data before upgrading.
If you are a current jBPM user and want to upgrade P6 EPPM, workflows and reviews data will not be available. You should close all workflows and reviews that are in progress before upgrading. You cannot migrate any of this data to the latest version of P6 EPPM.
From P6 EPPM Release 8, all recurring job service functions are hosted by P6. Due to this change, after upgrading to P6 EPPM Release 8 or later, you must configure Scheduled Services settings in the Primavera P6 Administrator to use recurring job services. Also, if you're upgrading from version 7.0 or earlier, you must summarize all projects after the upgrade to reflect summary data accurately. See the P6 EPPM System Administration Guide for information on Scheduled Services and configuring separate servers for job services.

Tips

For security reasons, Oracle strongly recommends that on-premises users replace the default Admin Superuser (admin) immediately after a manual database installation or an upgrade from P6 version 7.0 or earlier. See information on the default Admin Superuser in the P6 EPPM Application Administration Guide for guidelines on this process. See information about the Admin Superuser in the P6 EPPM Application Administration Guide.
P6 EPPM does not support Summary-Only projects. During the P6 EPPM database upgrade, existing Summary-Only projects convert to standard projects, but lose all summary data. You can import the summary project from Microsoft Project into the converted blank project, then summarize the data. See the P6 Professional Help or the P6 Help.
During the upgrade to the latest version of P6 EPPM, some P6 Activity Views settings will reset. After the upgrade, use the Customize Detail Windows feature to modify the settings that should appear for each view. See the P6 Help for information on how to edit Activity Views.
From P6 EPPM Release 8, P6 saves filter definitions globally. Filters still work for Activity Views, but all standard filter assignments are reset during the upgrade process. Views that had standard filters applied prior to upgrade, will no longer have those filters. After the upgrade is completed, re-apply filters to your views. See the P6 Help for information on how to edit Activity Views.