Upgrading Portability Suite Software
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Upgrading Portability Suite
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Section 2.1, “Portability Suite Products Upgradable to 8.1,” on page 19
Section 2.2, “Before Upgrading Portability Suite Software,” on page 19
Section 2.3, “Upgrade Procedure,” on page 20
2.1 Portability Suite Products Upgradable to 8.1
You can use your PlateSpin
®
Portability Suite version 8.1 installation program to upgrade:
PlateSpin
®
Portability Suite products (PlateSpin
®
Migrate and PlateSpin
®
Protect), versions
8.0 and later
PlateSpin
®
PowerConvert
®
, versions 7.0 and later
2.2 Before Upgrading Portability Suite Software
Section 2.2.1, “Backing Up the Portability Suite Database Files,” on page 19
Section 2.2.2, “Minimizing the Disruption of Existing Workload Protection Contracts,” on
page 20
2.2.1 Backing Up the Portability Suite Database Files
During an upgrade, the Portability Suite installation program transparently exports data from the
existing Portability Suite database and reimports it into a new database instance as required.
However, as an additional measure of precaution, consider backing up your Portability Suite data
prior to the upgrade.
You can back up your data by either making copies of your SQL Server database files or by
exporting your data from the Portability Suite Server to a temporary location.
“Making Copies of your SQL Server Database Files” on page 19
“Exporting Data from the Portability Suite Server Database” on page 20
Making Copies of your SQL Server Database Files
1
On your Portability Suite Server host, stop MS SQL services:
1a
On the Start menu, click
Run,
type
services.msc
, then click
OK
.
1b
In the Services window, right-click the
SQL Server
items, then select
Stop
.
2
Copy all
*.mdf
and
*.ldf
files located in your
..\Program Files\PlateSpin
Portability Suite Server\Database
directory to a location outside the product
installation directory.
3
Restart MS SQL services that you stopped in
Step 1
.
Proceed with the upgrade, as detailed in
“Upgrade Procedure” on page 20
.
