With Precise 9.7.0, the JRE packaged with the product changes from JRE 6 to JRE 8, and the GUI Tomcat changes from Tomcat 6 to Tomcat 8. For Precise 9.6.x to be successfully upgraded to 9.7.0, you must verify that no process outside of Precise is locking the following paths:
<precise-root>/java/JRE
<precise-root>/products/gui/website
The following tools can assist you in this process:
handle.exe <path-to-folder>
lsof <path-to-folder>
Verify that the output does not list any non-Precise process holding a handle to the above mentioned Precise folders.