Preupgrade Tasks

Use the checklist in Table 8 to ensure that you perform all necessary tasks prior to upgrading your system.

Preupgrade Checklist

	Task	Section
	Review relevant documentation.	Section
	Review notes, cautions, and restrictions about the following: Upgrade paths to Version 8.4 Update license requirements Components you choose not to install Upgrade issues after the system disk directory structure has been changed Licenses and possible reinstallation requirements for layered products	Section
	Check for software that must be manually removed.	Section
	Save files that you do not want deleted by the upgrade procedure.	Section
	Prepare the system disk.	Section
	Ensure that you have a recent FEEDBACK.DAT file.	Section
	Perform required actions before upgrading in a volume shadowing environment.	Section
	Back up the current system disk.	Section
	Shut down the system.	Section