Preupgrade Tasks

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Preupgrade Tasks

Use the checklist in Preupgrade Checklist to ensure that you perform all necessary tasks prior to upgrading your system.

Table 1 Preupgrade Checklist
Task Section

Review relevant documentation.
Documentation to Review Before Upgrading Your System

Review notes, cautions, and restrictions about the following:
Upgrade paths to Version 8.2-1

Update license requirements

Components you choose not to install

Upgrade issues after the system disk directory structure has been changed

Licenses and possible reinstallation requirements for layered products

Notes, Cautions, and Restrictions

Check for appropriate versions of software and remove older versions as directed.
Check for Appropriate Versions of Software

Perform required actions before upgrading in a volume shadowing environment.
Shadowing Environment

Save files that you do not want deleted by the upgrade procedure.
Saving Files That You Do Not Want Deleted by the Upgrade

Prepare the system disk.
Preparing the System Disk

Ensure that you have a recent FEEDBACK.DAT file.
Ensuring You Have a Recent FEEDBACK.DAT File

Back up the current system disk.
Backing Up the System Disk

Shut down the system.
Finishing Preupgrade Tasks