The Control-M upgrade process upgrades your current version of Control-M/Enterprise Manager, Control-M/Server, and Control-M/Agent to the latest version (annual or fix pack) on the same computer. This eliminates the need to migrate data and reduces downtime. To minimize downtime, Control-M processes are up during the upgrade preparation process, which prepares all the required files. After the preparation completes, you are prompted to confirm the shutdown of Control-M processes. After the processes are shut down, the upgrade begins and completes with minimum downtime.
NOTE: If you are using 9.0.00.100 or higher, you can do this upgrade procedure. However, if you are using a previous version, you must migrate your data, as described in Introduction to Control-M Migration.
The upgrade process supports compatibility across all Control-M components, as follows:
The following is a typical scenario of the upgrade flow:
Before you upgrade, review the Upgrade requirements and considerations that might affect your environment.
The following procedures describe how to upgrade Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server, and Control-M/Agent:
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