Understand What Occurs During the Upgrade

Before beginning an upgrade, familiarize yourself with all upgrade information and identify the instructions that apply to your site.

The upgrade transforms the existing STA data to be compatible with the new version of STA. After the upgrade, the STA processes new data according to the new schema and analytics rules. Historical data is not reprocessed.

Be sure to allocate sufficient time for the entire process. While you are performing the upgrade, STA does not receive exchange information from the monitored libraries. The new version of STA does not begin receiving information from the libraries until after you have completed all upgrade and post-upgrade configuration steps, including testing the SNMP connection to each monitored library.

Some upgrade preparation tasks may require you to coordinate with other groups at your site, such as network administration. You should have all preparation tasks done in advance so you can complete the upgrade in as little time as possible.

Use the Record Installation and Upgrade Information to organize your upgrade activities and record your settings.