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Uninstall and Reinstall the Identity Manager Server

To upgrade your application server and install a new version of the Identity Manager Server, perform the following process.

Important! Only perform the following procedure if you are required to uninstall and reinstall the Identity Manager Server due to the previous table.

1. Back up all custom code.
2. Uninstall the Identity Manager Server.
3. Upgrade your application server to a supported version.
4. Perform a new install of the Identity Manager Server.

   Be sure to provide the existing CA Identity Manager database credentials during the install.

   Important! If you are upgrading from CA Identity Manager r8.1 sp2 or r12 and you have different database stores for task persistence, workflow, audit, and reports, update the data sources to point to the separate stores.

5. Upgrade the workflow database.
6. If you are upgrading from CA Identity Manager r8.1 sp2, export the Directories and Environments.
7. Migrate the Task Persistence data.
8. If you are upgrading from CA Identity Manager r8.1 sp2, recreate the Directories.
9. If you are upgrading from CA Identity Manager r8.1 sp2, recreate the Environments.
10. Reapply all custom code.

    Note: If you are using a cluster, be sure to reapply all customizations to the cluster.