Ensure that you have the latest installation kit to migrate your Identity Manager data.
Learn about the interaction among Identity Manager components. For more information, see Section I, Introduction.
Ensure that your computers meet the hardware and software prerequisites for a newer version of Identity Manager. For more information, see Section 6.0, Considerations and Prerequisites for Installation and the Release Notes for the version to which you want to upgrade.
(Conditional) If any of the drivers in the driver set are Remote Loader drivers, upgrade the Remote Loader server for each driver. For more information, see Section 51.3, Upgrading the Remote Loader.
(Conditional) If you are using NetIQ Sentinel, ensure that you are running the latest service pack. For more information about upgrading Sentinel, see the NetIQ Sentinel Installation and Configuration Guide.