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Planning the Unica Platform upgrade
You can upgrade your current version of Unica Platform to bring it up-to-date with the latest features.

Upgrade Guide
- Upgrade Guide
  - Upgrade overview
    An upgrade of Unica Platform is complete when you upgrade, configure, and deploy Unica Platform. The Unica Platform Upgrade Guide provides detailed information about upgrading, configuring, and deploying Unica Platform.
  - Planning the Unica Platform upgrade
    You can upgrade your current version of Unica Platform to bring it up-to-date with the latest features.
    - Prerequisites
      Before you install or upgrade any Unica product, you must ensure that your computer complies with all of the prerequisite software and hardware.
    - Unica Platform installation worksheet
      Use the Unica Platform installation worksheet to gather information about the Unica Platform database and about other Unica products that are required for the installation of Unica Platform.
    - Upgrade prerequisites for all Unica products
      Meet all requirements for permissions, operating system, and knowledge correctly before you upgrade Platform to ensure a seamless upgrade experience.
    - Time zone support for scheduler
      In Unica Platform you can use the Scheduler to configure a process to run at intervals that you define. With the Scheduler, you can schedule Unica Campaign flowchart runs, Unica Optimize sessions and post-optimization flowchart runs, and Deliver mailings.
    - Backing up the corporatetheme.css file and branding images
    - Unica Platform upgrade scenarios
      Upgrade your installation of Unica Platform after you understand the guidelines that apply to your current version of Unica Platform.
    - Correcting the registry file when upgrade installation fails
      If installation fails because the installer could not detect the base version of your installed product, you can correct the registry file as described here.
  - Upgrading from version 10.0 and above with automatic migration
    Automatic migration allows the installer to run the SQL script and insert the configuration properties that are required to upgrade your Unica Platform system tables. If your company policy does not allow automated updates to your system table database, you must use manual migration, described elsewhere in this guide.
  - Upgrading from version 8.6.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 9.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 9.1.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 9.1.1 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 9.1.2 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 10.0.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 10.1.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 11.0.0 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 11.0.1 with manual migration
    The Unica Platform upgrade installer can perform all of the data migration that is required for an upgrade automatically. However, if the policy of your organization does not allow automatic migration, you must complete the migration procedure to upgrade Unica Platform manually.
  - Upgrading from version 11.1.0 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.0.0 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.0 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.1 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.2 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.3 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.4 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.5 with manual migration
  - Upgrading from version 12.1.6 with manual migration
  - Deploying Unica Contact Central
  - Deploying Unica Platform
    You must follow a set of guidelines when you deploy Unica Platform in your web application server. There is a different set of guidelines for deploying Unica Platform on WebLogic and on WebSphere®.
  - Configuring Platform after deployment
    For a basic installation of Unica Platform, you must configure Unica Platform after deployment if you use the Unica reporting feature, or if you want to use a password policy.
  - Unica Platform utilities
    This section provides an overview of the Unica Platform utilities, including some details that apply to all the utilities and which are not included in the individual utility descriptions.
  - About Platform SQL scripts
    This section describes the SQL scripts provided with Unica Platform to perform various tasks relating to the Unica Platform system tables.
  - Uninstalling Unica Platform
    Run the Unica Platform uninstaller to uninstall Unica Platform. When you run the 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.

Planning the Unica Platform upgrade

You can upgrade your current version of Unica Platform to bring it up-to-date with the latest features.

Procedure

Unica Platform supports the following upgrade paths:
- 12.1.x → 12.1.7
- 12.1.0.x → 12.1.7
Customers on versions earlier than 8.6.x must:
- perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 8.6.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 8.6.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
- perform a Fast Upgrade from version 8.6.0 to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
- perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.7.
Customers on versions earlier than 11.1.x.x can:
- perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
- perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.7.
Customers on versions 11.1.x.x/12.0.x.x can use one of the following options for upgrade:
- Option 1
  - perform an in-place upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0.
  - perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to version 12.1.7.
- Option 2
  - perform a Fast Upgrade from existing version to version 12.1.0 (for more information, see HCL Unica 12.1.0 Fast Upgrade Guide).
  - perform an in-place upgrade from version 12.1.0 to verison 12.1.7.

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