View - Upgrade to a Supported Release

Products

• Deliver
• View

Issue/Introduction

The client has multiple View/Deliver environments to upgrade. From level 11.0 to level 11.6 and then fFrom level 11.6 to currently-supported level 12.2.

Environment

Release : View/Deliver 12.2

Resolution

When upgrading View/Deliver, the following process needs to be done, as would be used with most output management products:

 . Install the product
 . Update procs
 . Update JCL, including anything referencing the load library

To back up a View or Deliver database, to a flat file, use:

 . SARDBASE UNLOAD
 . RMODBASE UNLOAD

The historical upgrade path is to upgrade View first, then Deliver, as Deliver is downward compatible. Unique to View/Deliver upgrades is the VERSIONing of a database to the new code level. 

For View 11.0, the recommendation is to:

 . Bring the code level up to 11.6. 
 . Run SARDBASE VERSION 11.6, to bring the database to the 11.6 level. 
 . Run SARDBASE OLOAD, to load the 11.6 panels to the database. 

For View 11.6, the recommendation is to:

 . Bring the code level up to 12.2. 
 . Run SARDBASE VERSION 12.2, to bring the database to the 12.2 level. 
 . Run SARDBASE OLOAD, to load the 12.2 panels to the database. 

For View 12.0, the recommendation is to:

 . Bring the code level up to 12.2. 
 . Run SARDBASE VERSION 12.2, to bring the database to the 12.2 level. 
 . Run SARDBASE OLOAD, to load the 12.2 panels to the database.