You upgrade JP1/Software Distribution Manager at the central manager and at the relay manager computers.

If you are using a basic database with JP1 Version 7i or earlier, you must create a relational database.

After upgrading JP1/Software Distribution Manager, you must use Database Manager to upgrade the relational database.

It is strongly recommended that you make a backup of your relational database before upgrading it. For details about making a backup, see 5.3 Backing up and restoring the system in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 2.

If you are using a basic database with JP1 Version 7i or earlier, use Database Manager to migrate data from the basic database to the relational database created in (1).

For details about how to use Database Manager, see 7.4 How to use Database Manager (for Embedded RDB) or 7.5 How to use Database Manager (for Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle).

If you have upgraded the Asset Information Manager Subset component, you must use Database Manager of Asset Information Manager Subset to upgrade the Asset Information Manager Subset relational database. For details about how to upgrade the database, see 10.3.2 Upgrading the database.

You upgrade JP1/Software Distribution on the relay system computers.

If you are using JP1/Software Distribution SubManager JP1 Version 7i or earlier, upgrade it to JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system). You can use the remote installation facility to distribute JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) from JP1/Software Distribution Manager.

If you are using JP1/Software Distribution SubManager JP1 Version 7i or earlier, and you are upgrading the product and replacing the PC at the same time, you should first upgrade the relay system to JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) and then replace the PC according to the procedure described in A.4 Migrating data when replacing a PC. JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) JP1 Version 8 or later cannot restore data from a backup acquired by JP1/Software Distribution SubManager JP1 Version 7i or earlier.

You upgrade JP1/Software Distribution Client on the client computers. You can use the remote installation facility to distribute JP1/Software Distribution Client from JP1/Software Distribution Manager or JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system)

You should note the following points about upgrading JP1/Software Distribution:

• If you upgrade a machine on which both JP1/Software Distribution Manager and JP1/Software Distribution SubManager are installed from a version earlier than JP1 Version 7i to JP1 Version 8 or later, you must uninstall JP1/Software Distribution Manager or JP1/Software Distribution SubManager.
  JP1 Version 8 or later does not allow JP1/Software Distribution Manager and JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) to be installed on the same machine.
  
• If you upgrade from JP1/Software Distribution 08-10 or earlier to version 08-51 or later, some job menus will not be displayed in the GUI of Asset Information Manager Subset. To display all available job menus, follow the steps below after you have upgraded the database:
  
  1. Log on to Asset Information Manager Subset.
  2. From the job category System Definition, click the job menu Customize Job Menu.
     The Customize Job Menu window appears.
     
  3. Select the Software Applied Management, Software Applied Status, and Distribution Status check boxes.
  4. Click the Update button.
• If you install JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay manager) JP1 Version 8 or later by overwriting a JP1/Software Distribution SubManager JP1 Version 7i or earlier in which Remote Control Manager was installed, your Remote Control Manager will be deleted.
• If you are using any of the following relational databases with JP1/Software Distribution JP1 Version 7i or earlier, you will also need to upgrade the relational database when you upgrade JP1/Software Distribution:
  
  • Oracle8i R8.1.5 or R8.1.6
  • Oracle8
  • Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
  When you upgrade your relational database because you have upgraded your JP1/Software Distribution to JP1 Version 7i or later, make sure that you follow the steps below:
  
  1. Make a backup of JP1/Software Distribution database.
  2. Upgrade the relational database to a version supported by JP1 Version 7i or later.
  3. Upgrade JP1/Software Distribution Manager.
  4. Use Database Manager to upgrade the JP1/Software Distribution database.
     For details about how to upgrade the JP1/Software Distribution database using Database Manager, see 7.5.4 Upgrading the database.
     
• If you are migrating from an environment that uses a basic database for JP1 Version 7i or earlier to an environment for JP1 Version 8 or later and changing the ID key for operations during installation, you must first delete some information. For details about the information to be deleted, see 4.2.8(2) Notes on changing the node identification key.
• If you are upgrading from JP1/Software Distribution Manager JP1 Version 7i or earlier, make sure that a job executing split package distribution has terminated before you start the upgrade process. If upgrading is attempted while a split distribution job is executing, there may be no display of the split distribution progress, or the progress display may not be correct. Note that this has no effect on the distribution processing itself.
• If you have upgraded a JP1/Software Distribution Client version earlier than 05-24 to version 06-00 or later, registry information may no longer be acquired. Before you acquire registry information, re-transfer the registry items to be acquired.
• If you are using the operation monitoring function, you must restart the computer after upgrading JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) or JP1/Software Distribution Client (client).
• If you have upgraded JP1/Software Distribution, you may need to execute a Get software information from client. For notes on on upgrading JP1/Software Distribution, see 3.2.3 Notes on collecting software information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.