Deployment and developer upgrade tasks

Upgrade steps can be performed by deployment specialists, developers, or deployment specialists and developers working together. The table below lists the deployment and developers tasks for each topic in the upgrade chapter. Developer tasks are also noted in individual topics.
Upgrade topic Deployment task Developer task
Installing the Arial font in Linux environments Yes No
Updating the KYC seeder No Yes
Updating State enumerations for integrations and custom UIs No Yes
Updating ETL methods for bulk deletion No Yes
Converting dump files to Scheme dump scripts No Yes
Updating schedule report class names No Yes
Setting the wchar attribute for data source connections Yes Yes
Removing obsolete connections for version 8.8 Yes Yes
Adding new connections for version 8.8 Yes Yes
Updating server information for version 8.8 Yes No
Creating new required data sources for version 8.8 Yes No
Adding the NJStatVersion table to the StatDatabase data source for version 8.8 No Yes
Upgrading data sources for version 8.8 Yes No
Upgrading the JBoss application server for version 8.8 Yes No
Upgrading the WebSphere application server for version 8.8 Yes No
Synchronizing BI data Yes No
Upgrading notifications using a Scheme script No Yes
Enabling rich text for document notes in Document Manager Yes No