Ingres 9.2 Migration Guide - Actian

Chapter 1: Planning the Upgrade This section contains the following topics: Use of New Features (see page 13)The Upgrade Plan (see page 14) Upgrade Types (see page 14) Upgrade Method and Ingres Releases (see page 16)Required Installations for Upgrading (see page 18) How You Perform the Upgrade (see page 20) How You Plan for Application Issues (see page 21) This guide, when used with the other guides in the Ingres ® documentation set,will assist in the planning and execution of a successful upgrade of Ingres.This chapter describes how to plan for the upgrade, methods of upgrading,considerations for specific Ingres releases, required installations and hardwarewhen upgrading, overall strategy for the upgrade, and application issues.Use of New FeaturesAfter the upgrade is complete and running successfully for a suitable period,you can consider using the new features.For a description of new features for the current release, see the ReleaseSummary.New features for past releases are described in appendixes in this MigrationGuide.Planning the Upgrade 13