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Upgrading Collaborate
Before you upgrade from any version of Collaborate, be sure that you understand all the steps about how to upgrade Collaborate to the new version.
Shutting down and restarting the web application server
After you undeploy Unica Collaborate, shut down and restart the web application server to ensure that the lock on the WAR file is released.

Upgrade Guides
- Unica Fast Upgrade
- Upgrade Guide
  - Upgrade overview
    An upgrade of Collaborate is complete when you upgrade, deploy, and configure Collaborate. The Collaborate Upgrade Guide provides detailed information about upgrading, deploying, and configuring Collaborate.
  - Planning the Collaborate upgrade
    Examine upgrade scenarios when you upgrade Collaborate. Upgrade scenarios provide guidelines for upgrading Collaborate to the specific version.
  - Upgrading Collaborate
    Before you upgrade from any version of Collaborate, be sure that you understand all the steps about how to upgrade Collaborate to the new version.
    - Backing up Collaborate
      Back up all files and the Collaborate database before you begin the upgrade process. If the upgrade process fails, a backup provides a way to restore to a known working state.
    - Undeploying Collaborate
      When you undeploy Collaborate, the web application server releases the lock on the WAR file from your Collaborate source system. The source system is updated by the Collaborate upgrade installation.
    - Shutting down and restarting the web application server
      After you undeploy Unica Collaborate, shut down and restart the web application server to ensure that the lock on the WAR file is released.
    - Installing in upgrade mode
      When you run the Collaborate installer, the installer detects your existing version of Collaborate and prompts you to confirm the upgrade process. After your confirmation, the installer starts the upgrade process.
    - Verifying the Collaborate upgrade
      After the upgrade process completes, you must verify that your Collaborate application is upgraded.
  - Deploying Collaborate web application
    You can deploy the web application by either including Collaborate in an EAR file or by deploying the Collaborate WAR file.
  - Uninstalling Collaborate
    Run the Collaborate uninstallers to uninstall Collaborate. When you run the Collaborate uninstaller, the files that were created during the installation process are removed. For example, files such as configuration files, installer registry information, and user data are removed from the computer.
  - configTool
    The properties and values on the Configuration page are stored in the Platform system tables. You can use the configTool utility to import and export configuration settings to and from the system tables.

Shutting down and restarting the web application server

After you undeploy Unica Collaborate, shut down and restart the web application server to ensure that the lock on the WAR file is released.

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