If you want to retain any file plans that were exported using versions V4.0 or V4.5.0 of FileNet® Records Manager, or V4.5.1 InfoSphere Enterprise Records, you must import the files plans back into the FPOS before you upgrade the FPOS. File plans cannot be upgraded outside of an FPOS, and you cannot import versions V4.0 or V4.5.0 FileNet Records Manager, or V4.5.1 InfoSphere Enterprise Records File Plans into an IBM® Enterprise Records V5.1.0 file plan object store.
Use the File Plan Import and Export tool to import any previously exported file plans that you need to save. Existing file plans that you plan to upgrade, and that have previously been exported using the File Plan Import and Export Tool, must exist in your IBM FileNet P8 object stores before you can upgrade your IBM Enterprise Records object stores. Existing file plans will be upgraded to IBM Enterprise Records 5.1.0, and you can export them later using the File Plan Import and Export tool.
For more information about the File Plan Import and Export Tool, see the link at the end of this topic.