If your installation already has a previous release of the database manager installed, you must consider the effect that migration to the new release will have on your existing databases and applications.
You can migrate to a DB2 Server for VSE Version 7 Release 1 database from:
| Note: | If you are on an earlier release, you will have to migrate to Version 3 Release 5 first and then to Version 7 Release 1. |
This chapter also contains a section on:
It can be impractical to migrate all the databases in a local or distributed environment to the current level at the same time. For information on the level of coexistence that is possible see Release Coexistence Considerations.
If you will be migrating databases on a VSE system to a VM system, see the DB2 Server for VM System Administration manual.