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Ensure that the environment variables are set correctly:
Excerpt Variable Description MZ_HOME This environment variable specifies where the software is installed.JAVA_HOME This environment variable specifies where the JDK is installed. PATH This environment variable specifies the search path and must contain the following directories: $JAVA_HOME/bin:$MZ_HOME/bin
Info title Example - Setting Environment Variables Code Block language text theme Eclipse export MZ_HOME=/opt/mz export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk-17.0.2 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MZ_HOME/bin:$PATH
Note title Note! You must specify the Java version required for the version that you are upgrading from.
Make a backup of all your configurations with System Export.
Code Block language text theme Eclipse $ mzsh mzadmin/<password> systemexport <backup directory>/<filename>
Note title Note! These configurations must be imported after the upgrade.
For safety, make an online backup of the database(s). For information about how to perform an online backup, see Preventive Maintenance Backup and Disaster Recovery Procedures.
If you are performing an upgrade of a system with large configurations, you may need to increase the maximum number of file descriptors.
Info title Example - Changing the Maximum Number of File Descriptors on Linux. Code Block language text theme Eclipse $ cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max 5000 $ su - root Password: $sysctl -w fs.filemax=10000