If you are upgrading from Rational® Focal Point™ that
is earlier than version 6.4.1, you must uninstall the version. Before
you upgrade to the latest version of IBM® Rational Focal Point,
you must create a backup of the database and some files.
Procedure
- Open your existing instance of Rational Focal Point and
verify the view definitions on the Views page (). Fix any broken view definitions that are limitations
for incoming link attributes, including views in inactive or archived
workspace.
- If you are using Rational Focal Point version
5.4, create a backup of the report images. The report
images are stored in these locations:
- On Windows®: <Rational
Focal Point Installation directory>\images
- On Linux®: /usr/share/focalpoint/images
- On Solaris: /opt/FOCAfp/share/images
- Note any custom business rules.
- If you are using Rational Focal Point version
5.4, the custom business rules files are stored in these locations:
- On Windows: <Rational
Focal Point Installation directory>\forumlas.
- On Linux: /usr/share/focalpoint/formulas
- On Solaris: /opt/FOCAfp/share/formulas
- If you are using a release of version 6, log in to Rational Focal Point and
export the custom business rules.
Note: After you install the latest release of Rational Focal Point,
for compatibility reasons, you must request your custom business rules
from theIBM Rational Focal Point support team.
Only the common business rules are included in the installation. The
common business rules are ChoiceAttributeText, LinkByText,
LinkInfo, LinkListAttributeSum, ListAttributeSum, MailImport, MatrixWriter,
SetChoice, and TrafficLight. Incompatible business rules
are ignored.
- Back up the database.
- Stop the application server and uninstall Rational Focal Point. To uninstall a release of Rational Focal Point that
is earlier than version 6.4.1:
- On Windows,
click and uninstall the product.
- On Linux, enter
the rpm -ev focalpoint command.
- On Solaris, enter the pkgrm FOCAfp command.
Note: On UNIX®, the Apache
Tomcat application server is uninstalled when you uninstall IBM Rational Focal Point.
Before you install the latest release, you must install the application
server.