Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows 

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Upgrade an IBM® Sametime® 8.5 deployment running on IBM AIX®, Linux™, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft™ Windows™.

Before you begin

To help track your progress, print this page and use it as a checklist.

About this task

If you have a cluster of Sametime servers, you must upgrade all servers in the cluster; a cluster cannot support servers running different releases of Sametime.

Follow the instructions for the components you will upgrade:

Upgrading DB2 from a Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 installation on AIX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows
Upgrade to a newer version of DB2.

Upgrading the Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 System Console on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows
The System Console server must be upgraded before other application servers can be. Upgrading directly to 8.5.2 from 8.5.1 or 8.5.1.1 is supported. Upgrade the Sametime System Console running on IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft Windows by installing the update over the existing product.

Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 Community Server on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows
Upgrade an IBM Sametime 8.5 Community Server running on IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft Windows.

Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 Proxy Server on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows
Follow the instructions for your operating system to upgrade one or more Sametime Proxy Servers running on IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft Windows.

Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 Meeting Server on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows
Follow the instructions for your operating system to upgrade one or more Sametime Meeting Servers running on IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft Windows.

Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 Media Manager on Linux or Windows
Follow the instructions for your operating system to upgrade one or more Sametime Media Manager servers running on Linux or Microsoft Windows.

Upgrading Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1 Gateway on AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Windows
Follow the instructions for your operating system to upgrade one or more Sametime Gateway servers running on IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, or Microsoft Windows.

Parent topic: Upgrading from Sametime 8.5 or 8.5.1

Related concepts
Planning server upgrades