I almost forgot. Be sure you stop the services before you start the upgrade.
Byron -----Original Message----- From: Alan Guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:16 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Upgrade v4.05 to 7.04 Thanks so much Bryon. I'm a Telecom tech, not a Data tech, but this task has fallen to me and I'm a little leary. * Did you force the v.7.04 to install to the existing WUG Program Folder (after taking the precautions mentioned)? Thanks again, Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: Byron Kendrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:41 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Upgrade v4.05 to 7.04 > > > I just ran the upgrade from 4.05 to 7.04. It went pretty > slick and I had no > problems. Just be sure and backup the old WUG directory > first. I made a > copy of the directory to another partition. I also made a copy of the > ipnotify.ini file in the system directory and put it in the > backup folder. > I also made a full system backup of the entire computer for rollback > purposes in case everything went South. Sounds a little > extreme but I had > no real documentation that would tell me what to expect. > > Bryon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:02 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Upgrade v4.05 to 7.04 > > > If/can I install our new 7.05 "on-top-of" our old v4.05 and > preserve the > notifications and alerts and network maps? We're running > v4.05 on NTServer. > > I've checked the KB. The "cautions" only refer to upgrading > from v6 to v7. > And telephone tech support was inconclusive - just said write > everything > down before doing the upgrade install. > > Thanks - Alan > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
