Upgrading Checklist

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

Table 6-1 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 Oracle Hyperion Shared Services, you must upgrade the Shared Services installation before upgrading the Data Relationship Management. For more information, see the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide .	Installation Prerequisites Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Certification Matrix posted on the Supported System Configurations page on Oracle Technology Network (OTN): https://www.oracle.com/middleware/technologies/bi-foundation/hyperion-supported-platforms.html Oracle 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. Back up the `drm-config.xml` file before upgrading. This file is not backward compatible with earlier releases.
3. Download and prepare the installation files.	Download files for this release and extract the zip file contents.
4. Stop Data Relationship Management services.	If you are installing this release 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, you must first manually uninstall the old release and then install the new release.
6. Install this release 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.
8. Redeploy the Web Service for this Data Relationship Management release. Note: If upgrading the Web service from a release prior to 11.1.2.1, the Web service DrmWebService must 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.	The name of the Web service application in WebLogic is "oracle-epm-drm-webservices" by default.
9. Optional: Deploy and configure the Web Service.	Deploying and Configuring the Data Relationship Management Web Service API
10. Start Data Relationship Management services.