Upgrading IBM Business Process Manager

You can install upgrades to IBM® Business Process Manager when they are available.You can also upgrade your configuration, perform a rolling upgrade, or make other changes.

Before you begin

Visit the IBM Support website to check for available fix packs and interim fixes.

Restriction: IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 does not support the z/OS operating system and does not support 32-bit operating systems. If you are running on a 32-bit system and want to upgrade, you must either perform artifact migration as described in Migrating artifacts to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 or contact IBM service for help to migrate to IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 on a 64-bit operating system.

Important: When you upgrade to a fix pack, the Process Portal application is replaced in your profiles. If you previously added any customizations to the process application in Process Designer (for example, an IBM Connections server or an IBM Sametime server), and you still want to use those servers, you must complete the following tasks:

Define the servers again in the fix pack version of the Process Portal application.
Create a snapshot.
Activate the snapshot on Process Center.
Install the snapshot on Process Server.