Upgrade Tools

The procedure for upgrading to PolicyCenter 9 has changed significantly. In PolicyCenter 9, there are new tools available for performing the configuration upgrade. Do not rely on your past knowledge of the upgrade process to begin the upgrade procedure without reviewing the new upgrade tools and documentation.

The InsuranceSuite Upgrade Tools include the following:

Preupgrade Tool – A command-line tool that prepares configuration files for upgrade in the source configuration.

This tool runs upgrade steps in the customer configuration (the older version you are upgrading from). For example, if you are upgrading from PolicyCenter 8.0 to PolicyCenter 9.0, the preupgrade tool will modify the PolicyCenter 8.0 configuration.

Upgrade Tool – A command-line tool that runs a series of automated configuration upgrade steps in the target configuration.

This tool runs upgrade steps after copying the customer configuration to a new temporary location in the target version.

Merge Tracker Tool – A Guidewire Studio plugin that tracks progress and assists in completing the manual part of the configuration upgrade process.

Smart Merge Tool – A context aware three-way merge tool for InsuranceSuite application configuration files. As the name suggests, this tool understands the semantics of InsuranceSuite configuration files. Smart Merge can be launched from Merge Tracker or from the command line.

Upgrade Inspections – A set of Guidewire Studio code inspections that identify changes needed after automated configuration upgrade changes are complete. These configuration upgrade specific inspections can be run from the Merge Tracker toolbar from the Merge Tracker right-click menu.

For more information see the PolicyCenter Configuration Upgrade Guide.