Introduction

All ImageMaster releases are equipped with the Upgrade Tool (ima-db-tool)1 The Upgrade Tool is compiled for a specific ImageMaster release. Make sure to always use the correct version for your installed ImageMaster release.. This tool is a command line utility that generates SQL scripts to reorganize the internal database for use cases as summarized below:

• Installing ImageMaster into an empty database

• Migrating or upgrading an ImageMaster database

  Migration of a previous release to the current target release:

  • Feature release upgrades (e.g. 9.xx.1 to 9.xx.2 or 9.xx.A to 9.yy.B) require an upgrade of the database model.

  • A patch release upgrade (e.g. 9.xx.y.A to 9.xx.y.B) does not require an upgrade of the database model.

  Exceptional cases are documented in the release notes if necessary.

• Optimizing document types (related to internal database table organization until 9.11.2)

• Partition management