The following table displays all the upgrade paths from earlier releases to Release 10.2.x.
Note:
Before starting the application upgrade, upgrade the platform and hypervisor.
To upgrade AE Services using Solution Deployment Manager, upgrade System Manager. To upgrade System Manager, use Solution Deployment Manager Client. To upgrade AE Services, use System Manager Solution Deployment Manager.
Upgrade or migration using Solution Deployment Manager is only supported with the same IP address of the application in a Software-only environment.
A Software-only upgrade is supported for VMware, KVM, RHVH, OpenStack, Hyper-V, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.
