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CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

  • 1.  CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Oct 03, 2017 05:58 AM

    Hello, 

     

    Our current version is 13.2 (13.2.0.472 08 8) and planning to upgrade to 15.2.

    As per CA guideline supported upgrade path is v13.3 base version or v13.3 with latest patch.

    So, i believe we have to upgrade to 13.3 first before executing 15.3 script.

     

    Looking for advise on recommended upgrade path for 13.2 --> 15.2.

     

    Regards,

    Khushboo



  • 2.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 03, 2017 06:04 AM

    Hi Khusboo,

     

    Have a look at the upgrade path, so if you are on 13.2 then you need to check at upgrade path for 13.2 to 13.3 and once you are on 13.3 its best to be on patch 14 and then go to 15.3 as its released now   

     

    Release 15.3 Updates (On Premise) - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation 

     

    Good luck with the upgrade.

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik 



  • 3.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Oct 03, 2017 06:11 AM

    Thank You Suman for quick response.

     

    Since organization want to go for 15.2 version only for now, and 15.3 for later stage plan

    i think below approach should work. Could you confirm my understanding.

     

    13.2 (current) >> 13.3 base version >> 15.2 base version >> 15.2 latest patch



  • 4.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 03, 2017 06:24 AM

    Thats perfectly fine, you do have documentation for 15.2 also and its never an issue 

     

    Release 15.2 Updates (On Premise) - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation 

     

    So you need to see what version of PPM currently you are in along with patch and move to 13.3 base and then apply patch 14 on 13.3 and move to 15.2.

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik 



  • 5.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Oct 03, 2017 07:51 AM

    Hi Suman,

     

    As per upgrade guide - 

    If you have any of the following releases installed on their base level with no patches, you can directly upgrade to CA PPM Release 15.2 "

     

    So, after moving to 13.2 >> 13.3 we can directly move to 15.2. Patch 14 is NOT required. Am i correct ?

     

    Regards,

    Khushboo



  • 6.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2
    Best Answer

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 03, 2017 07:59 AM

    Hi Khushboo,

     

    Patch is better but you can go to base also. 

     

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik 



  • 7.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Oct 06, 2017 03:50 AM

    Hi Again

     

    Here is another scenario from Clarity infrastructure side

     

    DB version :: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SP2) 

    As per release notes 13.3 is not compatible with this DB version.

    However, current version 13.2 is running fine on this DB.

     

    So i believe, 13.3 script should execute without any failure in between.

    and also subsequent upgrade 15.2 - which takes implicit path of 14.1/14.2 should also work

     

    Has anyone got through such scenario of upgrade where DB version is higher then recommended ?

     

    Thank you in advance for sharing your experience.

    - Khushboo



  • 8.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 07, 2017 02:30 PM

    I guess the upgrade will fail, but run the check install from 13.3 and check. You can take two different approaches 

     

    1st Approch

     

    1. Set up a supported DB version which supports 15.2 

    2. Export the database dump from existing 13.2 and import to newly installed database 

    3. Run the upgrade

     

    2nd Approach 

     

    1. Upgrade the current DB to the version which supports 15.2 

    2. Run the upgrade 

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik 



  • 9.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Oct 26, 2017 05:47 PM

    Hi Suman,

    We are upgrading from Clarity 13.2 to Clarity 15.2 . Original DB version is SQL Server 2008. We have now reached the intermediate upgrade version of Clarity 13.3 patch 14. After that we have upgraded our DB to SQL Server 2014 SP2, assuming the target version of Clarity 15.2 would need SQL 2014. But when we ran the check install for Clarity 15.2, it says we cannot be on SQL 2014 when upgrading from pre-14.3 release.

     

    Now we really don't have the liberty to change the SQL version again as there could be some potential cost impact for getting the SQL version changed. Is there any way out to reach Clarity 15.2 keeping the SQL version as 2014 itself? Please advise.

     

    Thanks

    Ashish



  • 10.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 27, 2017 02:19 AM

    HI Ashish,

     

    Its best to rely on our guides and accordingly to that "Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition: Service Pack 2 or higher" is supported 

     

    Release Notes (On Premise) - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation 

     

    So if you are running into any issues please log a case with us and we can help you out.

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik



  • 11.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Posted Jan 29, 2018 10:42 PM

    Hi there,

     

    Looking at this conversation that is going on just wanted to get some inputs as we are also in the same boat. We are planing to upgrade from 13.2 to 15.3 and we are planning to take approach 13.2 --> 14.3 --> 15.3 and I see 13.2 is in the upgrade path for 14.3. So just trying to understand if this is the right path that we are taking or would there be any roadblocks.

     

    Please let me know. Thanks!

     

    Regards,

    Mahesh



  • 12.  Re: CA PPM Upgrade 13.2 to 15.2

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jan 29, 2018 11:40 PM

    Hi Mahesh

     

    Please have a look at the change and impact guide documented and you have the path to upgrade Release 13.3 Updates (On Premise) - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation 

     

    Regards

    Suman Pramanik