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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

Upgrading

This section describes the upgrade and migration options available from previous versions of BMC Helix Discovery. BMC Helix Discovery 26.2 (15.5) is supported on Oracle Linux 9.

Before you begin

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Back up before upgrading

Before you upgrade, you should back up the appliance, or for clusters, each cluster member. Use the SSH or Windows Share backup method.

If you are using a virtual appliance, you should shutdown and take a snapshot of the virtual machine. For a cluster of virtual appliances, you should shutdown all the virtual machines at the same time and snapshot them at the same time.

 

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Planning

TroubleshootingBMC Community: FAQ on BMC Helix Discovery upgrade

Upgrade and migration overview

 
You can upgrade to BMC Helix Discovery 26.2 (15.5) running on Oracle Linux 9 from BMC Helix Discovery 23.3  and later running on Oracle Linux 9. 

This diagram show the upgrade paths available. 

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Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up the appliance, or for clusters, each appliance. If you are using a virtual appliance or a cluster of virtual appliances, you should shut down the virtual appliance, take a snapshot, and restart. 

Warning

Note

When upgrading to BMC Helix Discovery 26.2 (15.5), we strongly recommend that you upgrade by using your existing architecture and testing version 26.2 (15.5) in a known configuration. 

Supported upgrade versions

 
Upgrades to BMC Helix Discovery 26.2 (15.5) are formally tested and supported from the following versions of BMC Helix Discovery, and their patches:

  • 25.2 (15.0)
  • 24.3 (14.1)
  • 24.2 (14.0)
  • 24.1 (13.2)
  • 23.3 (13.0)

The formally tested and supported upgrade paths are listed above. 

Change of supported OS for BMC Helix Discovery Outpost

 
The minimum supported version of the OS for the BMC Helix Discovery Outpost is Windows Server 2016. Before upgrading your BMC Helix Discovery Outposts you must upgrade any BMC Helix Discovery Outpost hosts to Windows Server 2016 and later. 

 

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