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Upgrade Considerations for Release 14.2

This section provides information about installation and upgrade changes for CA Clarity PPM Release 14.2.

Add-ins Compatibilities

This section describes important information about upgrading installed add-ins, accelerators, and connectors.

• If you are upgrading from a 13.x release to this release, the following add-ins are upgraded, if deployed:
  • PMO Accelerator
  • Clarity Solution Pack (CSP)
  • Clarity Agile
  • Connector for Microsoft SharePoint
• If you are upgrading from any version before Version 13.0 to this release, all installed add-ins are upgraded.

The following table shows the accelerator and connector releases that are installed with Release 14.2.

Java 7

This release uses Java 7. The following software client requires Java 7:

• XML Open Gateway (XOG) client

CA Clarity PPM provides a specific Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for the following clients:

• Open Workbench
• Connector for Microsoft SharePoint

The JRE is copied to the hard drive in the installation directory on the end-user workstation. The JRE is used specifically for the clients and is independent of the JRE used for the Windows workstation.

Important! The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is updated frequently with fixes for security issues, including issues that are unknown at the time CA Clarity PPM is released. To ensure that you have the latest fixes, we recommend that you download the most recent version 7 JDK from the Oracle website.

Upgrade Actions: Install Java 7 on workstations that have the software clients for which CA Clarity PPM does not provide the JRE.

Automatic Update to Special Characters in OBS Unit Names during Upgrade

While you are upgrading, the preinstallation log can show a warning message about the special characters that are not allowed in the OBS Unit Names. This warning message is displayed in the precheck-results.xml file. The following characters are the special characters for which the warning is shown:

• Slash (/)
• Colon (:)
• Double quote (")
• Less than (<)
• Greater than (>)

If the administrator does not replace the special characters with the valid character (hyphen "-") before upgrading, the upgrade automatically replaces the characters with the hyphen.

If you do not want hyphens placed in names with special characters, update the names during the preinstallation check before you begin the upgrade process.

CA Productivity Accelerator (CA PA) Learn Link

If you have an existing installation, you have two options for how to proceed before upgrading to CA Clarity PPM Release 14.2.

CA Productivity Accelerator (CA PA) Version 11.1

If you have CA PA Version 11.1, install a patch to make the player package compatible with CA Clarity PPM Release 14.2. A different file is now used to launch the player package. After you install the patch, republish and upload the content to the On Demand team. For more information, see the CA PA Support website.

CA Productivity Accelerator (CA PA) Version 12.1

You can upgrade to the latest version CA PA 12.1. Open a Support ticket, obtain a new license key, and download the software from the Download Center. The content from CA PA 11.1 can be exported and is fully compatible with CA PA 12.1. An additional patch is required for the player package to function properly with CA Clarity PPM. For more information, see the CA PA Support website.

Internet Explorer 11

If you are using Internet Explorer 11 with CA Clarity PPM, the browser is automatically set to run in the Internet Explorer 10 compatibility mode for the CA Clarity PPM session. The setting is for the CA Clarity PPM session only and does not affect any other Internet Explorer 11 browser activity.

Support Ended for Microsoft Excel 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

CA Clarity PPM support for Microsoft Excel 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 stopped at Release 14.1.

Upgrade Action: To use these Microsoft products with this release, you must upgrade them to later a version.