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--- server:upgrading [2017/06/06 17:46] – [Recommended Upgrade Process] Gerard Nicol
+++ server:upgrading [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Updates to the TapeTrack Server Software are made available every quarter with a major upgrade released at the beginning of each year.
-To upgrade, you can simply uninstall the previous version and reinstalled a newly downloaded version, but it is recommended that you perform the following process to provide a fallback should something go wrong during the upgrade.
+To upgrade, you can simply uninstall the previous version and reinstall a newly downloaded version, but it is recommended that you perform the following process to provide a fallback should something go wrong during the upgrade.
 ===== Recommended Upgrade Process =====
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   - [[server:downloading|Download the new version of the Software]].
   - [[server:start_stop|Stop the TapeTrack Service]].
-  - Take a backup of the entire server install directory, including the executables and var directory using a utility such as WinZip.
+  - Take a [[server:backups|backup]] of the entire server install directory, including the executables and var directory using a utility such as WinZip.
   - Rename the var directory to var.old.
   - Uninstall the previous version of the software.
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 If this is not a concern (i.e. your database is small and you perform regular upgrades) you may simply uninstall the old version of the TapeTrack Framework Server and install the new version as the uninstall leaves behind the old database, and the install will pickup any previous database.
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+<- server:backups|Backups  ^ server:basic|Basic Administration ^ server:database_logs|Database Log Management ->