Upgrading Z and I Emulator for Windows
The HCL Z and I Emulator for Windows supports upgrade installation if an older version exists in the system. The upgrade works like a fresh installation; the existing version is uninstalled, and then upgrade installation is performed.
The application data created by the user in the previous installations gets retained after the upgrade.
- Administrative upgrade installation, including installing or running from source, where source medium is a network server. Refer to Administrative Installation for more information.
- Remote upgrade installation using Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS). Refer to
Remote Installation of Z and I Emulator for
Windows for more information.Note: Execute the upgrade installation and uninstallation of the Z and I Emulator for Windows for Windows manually using setup.exe or SCCM (Deployment tool), as the configuration and prerequisite checks are performed only with setup.exe.
The HCL Z and I Emulator for Windows also offers the ability to customize the upgrade installation procedure. For information on customizing with initialization file processing, including performing silent installations, see Installing Z and I Emulator for Windows Using an Initialization (response) File.
Typical, custom setups and silent installation options available in the installation also apply to the upgrade installation. The upgrade installation supports auto-migration as well. For more information, refer to Migration Considerations.