Upgrading Global Addressing

You must upgrade from the 2018.2 or earlier versions of Global Addressing to the 2020.1.0 version to continue processing with Global Addressing.

To upgrade directly to the 2020.1.0 version of Global Addressing from the Spectrum 2018.2 version, you must have applied the 2018.2 S18 product update and be using Q1 2019 or newer data.

To upgrade from any version prior to the 2018.2 S18 version of Global Addressing (2018.2 without the S18 product update, 12.2.1, or 12.2), follow these steps to ensure your existing jobs continue to process correctly:
  1. Delete the old Global Addressing databases (databases prior to the Q1 2019 data refresh).
  2. Upgrade to Spectrum Technology Platform 2020.1.0.
  3. Follow the instructions in the Spectrum Technology Platform Installation Guide to install new SPD data files (Q1 2020 or newer).
  4. Follow the instructions in the Spectrum Technology Platform Installation Guide to use the Management Console or CLI commands to create a database resource from the newly installed SPD data files.
    Note: Create the new database resources using the database names that were used for the previous database resources to ensure existing jobs process correctly.

The Spectrum Technology Platform 2020.1.0 release requires Q1 2020 or newer data.