Planning Your Upgrade
When performing your upgrade to App Portal Enterprise Product Integration, it is recommended that you include the following steps in your upgrade process:
| • | Step 1: Review the Release Notes—Thoroughly review the Enterprise Product Integration Release Notes. |
| • | Step 2: Upgrade and test in a lab environment—Before rolling out the App Portal upgrade in production, first upgrade App Portal in a lab environment using a clone or subset of your production data and test it thoroughly to make sure it still operates as per your requirements. |
| • | Step 3: Production rollout—When you are ready to roll out the App Portal upgrade to your production environment, it is recommended that you include the following steps: |
| a. | Backup your existing App Portal database. |
| b. | Take a snapshot of the App Portal server, if possible. |
| c. | Provide downtime notice to your end users. |
| d. | Schedule your service window to allow for adequate testing post-production upgrade. |
| e. | Test your recovery model. |