Installation types

The IBM® Unica® installer performs the following types of installation.

New installation: When you run the installer and select a directory where an IBM® Unica Marketing product has never been installed, the installer automatically performs a new installation.

Upgrade installation: When you run the installer and select a directory where an earlier version of an IBM® Unica Marketing product is installed, the installer automatically performs an upgrade installation. For products where installers automatically update the database, upgrade installation adds new tables but does not overwrite data in existing tables.

For products where installers automatically update the database, errors can occur during an upgrade because the installer does not create tables in the database if they exist. You can safely ignore these errors. See the chapter on Upgrading for details.

Reinstallation: When you run the installer and select a directory where the same version of an IBM® Unica Marketing product is installed, the installer automatically performs a new installation. For products where installers automatically update the database, reinstallation drops all existing tables and data and then creates new tables and populates them with default data. Reinstallation also overwrites all of the data in your existing installation directory for products where installers automatically update the database. To retain or restore data for a reinstallation:

When you run the installer, select the Manual database setup option.

Use the Marketing Platform configTool utility to export modified configuration settings, such as customized navigation menu items, before you reinstall.

Typically, reinstallation is not recommended.