Prepare your environment before upgrading

Before upgrading the HCL Compass feature level or metaschema version, make sure that the schema is checked in and that the database is unlocked.

To prevent failures when upgrading the feature level or metaschema version, review Troubleshooting solutions to make sure your HCL Compass environment is prepared for the upgrade process.
Table 1. Troubleshooting solutions
Condition Solution
A HCL Compass schema is checked out. Check in your HCL Compass schema.
Your HCL Compass database is locked. To unlock the database, run the HCL Compass installutil unlockschemarepo and installutil unlockuserdb commands.