Back up your installation‌‌

Important: Verify that both Dimensions CM and your RDBMS are shut down.

  1. Back up your existing RDBMS database before you upgrade the schema. Use database tools to perform the backup. For details, see the Administration Guide.

  2. Back up item libraries using operating system tools.

  3. Back up the current Dimensions installation using operating system tools or snapshots of virtual machines. At a minimum, back up the following files and directories: 

    $installdir/dm.cfg
$installdir/dfs <directory>
*$installdir/prog <directory>
*$installdir/email_templates <directory>
*$installdir/templates <directory>
$installdir/bridge_data/conf
$installdir/pulse_data/conf
$TOMCAT/conf <directory>
$TOMCAT/webapps/adminconsole/WEB-INF <directory>
$TOMCAT/webapps/dimensions/WEB-INF <directory>
$TOMCAT/webapps/bws/WEB-INF <directory>
$TOMCAT/webapps/pulse/WEB-INF <directory>
$TOMCAT/webapps/cmbridge/WEB-INF <directory>

    Note: Back up directories marked with an asterisk (*) only if their files have been modified or customized.

  4. If upgrading from CM 14.2.0.2 or later: Delete the contents of the Versioned Repository Schema (VRS) data cache directory: 

    $installdir/db_cache_dir/