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in order to upgrade Tomcat, a full web client redeployment is needed as described in the installation guide shipped along with the product.
There are no specific guidelines other than following the installation guide as if it were a first time installation. Here is the OS support matrix for Tomcat 7.0:
Tomcat 7.0:
ia32 / Windows Server 2003 SPx (x>=2) ia32 / Windows Server 2003 R2 ia32 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 ia32 / Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 6.x ia32 / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 ia32 / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SPx (x>=1) ia32 / Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 ia32 / Oracle Linux 6 SPARC (32-bit app) / Solaris 10 SPARC (32-bit app) / Solaris 11
Java version: Oracle J2SDK 6.0, Update 35 Oracle J2SDK 7.0
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x64 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 / Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 / Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 6.x x64 / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x64 / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SPx (x>=1) x64 / Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 x64 / Oracle Linux 6
Java version:Oracle J2SDK 6.0 x64, update 35 Oracle J2SDK 7.0 x64
Itanium (32-bit app) / HP-UX 11i v2, 11i v3
Java version: HP-UX JDK 6.0.15 HP-UX JDK 7.0
pSeries (32-bit app) / AIX 6.1, 7.1
Java version: IBM Java 6.0 SDK SR11 IBM Java 7.0 SDK
For further details please refer to the official support matrix available at http://support.openview.hp.com