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server:upgrading [2017/06/06 17:59] – [Recommended Upgrade Process] Gerard Nicolserver: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. 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 ===== ===== Recommended Upgrade Process =====
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   - [[server:downloading|Download the new version of the Software]].   - [[server:downloading|Download the new version of the Software]].
   - [[server:start_stop|Stop the TapeTrack Service]].   - [[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.   - Rename the var directory to var.old.
   - Uninstall the previous version of the software.   - Uninstall the previous version of the software.
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