Planning the Interact upgrade
Upgrade your installation of Interact after understanding the guidelines that are specific to your current version of Interact.
Use the following guidelines for upgrading Interact:
Upgrade scenarios for Interact
Source version
Upgrade path
Any 5.x or 6.x version
Install Interact 9.1 in a new location.
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There is no upgrade path from Interact 5.x or 6.x to the latest version of Interact.
Any 7.x or pre-8.5x version
Complete the following steps to upgrade Interact:
1.
Upgrade your earlier version to version 8.5 or 8.6.
a.
Perform an in-place installation of version 8.5 or 8.6 over your old version.
Use the Interact installer for both the design time environment and the runtime environment.
You must upgrade Campaign before you upgrade the Interact design time environment.
b.
Run the upgrade tools to upgrade configuration settings, files, and data from your source Interact version.
c.
Upgrade the reports package as explained in the IBM® EMM Reports Installation and Configuration Guide.
2.
Follow the instructions to upgrade any Interact version 8.5x or later to the new version.
Any 8.5x version or later
Complete the following steps to upgrade Interact:
1.
Perform an in-place installation of the new version of Interact over your old version.
Use the Interact installer for both the design time environment and the runtime environment.
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You must upgrade Campaign before you upgrade the Interact design time environment.
2.
Run the upgrade tools to upgrade configuration settings, files, and data from your source Interact version.
3.
Upgrade the reports package as explained in the IBM® EMM Reports Installation and Configuration Guide.
Prerequisites
Upgrade prerequisites for all IBM EMM products
Interact upgrade tools
Interact upgrade worksheet
Information for creating JDBC connections
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