Hi,
I want to upgrade SAP BO BI platform from 4.1 SP4 to 4.2 SP3.
Should I de-install the old Version 4.1 or can I install directlly the new Version 4.2?
Thanks in advance
Regards
Omar
obouraga (BOB member since 2017-04-10)
SAP don’t really support a side-by-side migration of version 4 to version 4.
They expect you to do an in-place upgrade.
Please vote for Please bring back the Import Wizard into BI4 which is one of the top voted for ideas on the SAP Ideas site.
It’s up to you about how risk adverse you are. Please at least run it up on a test box and promote some universes and reports over to see if there are any show stopper issues for your circumstances.
Hayden_Gill 
(BOB member since 2002-08-15)
You should be able to upgrade in place without any problems. Be aware that if you install 4.2 SP3, you also need to install the latest patch and hot fixes for it as there are some issues with the original release of SP3.
If you need/want to install on a new server, you will not be able to migrate using the UMT. Instead, you can use LCM_CLI.bat to do the migration. Instructions for this are in the Admin Guide. You can also see this blog post for more information: https://blogs.sap.com/2016/03/26/how-to-upgrade-to-bi41-sp06-to-bi42-steps/
-Dell
hilfy 
(BOB member since 2007-04-16)