General upgrade and patching instructions

General

Install the new nevisRDS release as documented in the reference guide of nevisRDS.

Configuration Files

The required changes to the nevisRDS configuration files are documented for each new version. If there are changes, the configuration files have to be patched by hand. If the default nevisRDS configuration files have been used so far, you may just copy the new configuration files. Also refer to the reference guide for detailed information on specific configuration parameters.

Database

SQL patch scripts are provided for Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. Patch instructions are written for each release separately.