If you go down the path of doing an upgrade, upgrade to another volume.subvolume. This will leave your original version intact, and copy to your new destination where it will perform an upgrade. The command to use is as follows:
Volume to the temporary subvolume where you installed the core Prognosis software for the HP NonStop for the newer version.
Run UNPACK UPGRADE $DATA.PRGNOSIS DEST $DATA2.PRGNOSIS