CA UIM Upgrade from 8.51

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Upgrading UIM from 8.51 to the latest version.

Environment

• Release: UIM v8.51
• Component: UIM - INSTALL
• Windows Server 2012 r2

Cause

- upgrade guidance

Resolution

Here is a link for the supported upgrade paths.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-1/installing/product-compatibility/supported-upgrade-paths.html

Q. Please tell me what we have to do to upgrade.

A. - Review the compatibility matrix
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-1/installing/product-compatibility/ca-uim-compatibility-matrix.html

- Review the various installation docs
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-1/installing/install-uim-server.html

- Pre-installation planning
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-1/installing/pre-installation-planning.html

Q. Should we have to go step-by-step for each version from 8.51 to the next or directly to 20.1?

A. UIM 8.51/8.51SP1 to UIM 9.0.2, then UIM 9.0.2 to UIM 20.1

You can navigate to http://support.broadcom.com and download the software you need.

https://support.broadcom.com/download-center/product-download.html?subfamily=UNIFIED%20INFRASTRUCTURE%20MANAGEMENT

Additional Information

UIM Sizing Recommendations
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/unified-infrastructure-management/20-1/installing/pre-installation-planning/ca-uim-sizing-recommendations.html 

Prepare to Integrate CA UIM, CA Spectrum, and CA SOI
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/agile-operations-product-integrations/source/integrating/prepare-to-integrate/prepare-to-integrate-ca-uim-ca-spectrum-and-ca-soi.html