That's pretty much it. However it's worth mentioning that 8 to 9 is not an
'upgrade'. You will need to perform a completely new installation and then
move and convert your DB. You will need to do this again when you go to
9.05.
For the sake of simplicity I would just create 3 testing VMs.
1st - A copy of your existing production machine.
2nd - A clean VM to install 9 and upgrade to 9.04.
3rd - A clean VM to install 9.05
It sounds like a lot of more work, but really all you need to do is create a
clean Server 2003/2008 VM and duplicate it.
The installations of 9/9.05 will go much smoother if you are not installing
on a machine with an existing instance of Epicor. Using separate VMs will
probably save you 4-10 hours in the end and leave you with a more reliable
machine that is far easier to trouble shoot.
It will also give you something that's a lot closer to what you will be
dealing with in production. You wouldn't use the same server instance going
from 8 to 9 in production, so why do it in test?
All in all, the process is pretty straightforward. Make sure you take
regular probkups of your DB along the way. One of the 9.04 -> 9.05
conversions chewed ours up several times. If you have any questions, please
feel free to email me.
Thanks,
John
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, gracefulthreads <gracefulthreads@...
'upgrade'. You will need to perform a completely new installation and then
move and convert your DB. You will need to do this again when you go to
9.05.
For the sake of simplicity I would just create 3 testing VMs.
1st - A copy of your existing production machine.
2nd - A clean VM to install 9 and upgrade to 9.04.
3rd - A clean VM to install 9.05
It sounds like a lot of more work, but really all you need to do is create a
clean Server 2003/2008 VM and duplicate it.
The installations of 9/9.05 will go much smoother if you are not installing
on a machine with an existing instance of Epicor. Using separate VMs will
probably save you 4-10 hours in the end and leave you with a more reliable
machine that is far easier to trouble shoot.
It will also give you something that's a lot closer to what you will be
dealing with in production. You wouldn't use the same server instance going
from 8 to 9 in production, so why do it in test?
All in all, the process is pretty straightforward. Make sure you take
regular probkups of your DB along the way. One of the 9.04 -> 9.05
conversions chewed ours up several times. If you have any questions, please
feel free to email me.
Thanks,
John
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, gracefulthreads <gracefulthreads@...
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> We're currently running Vista 8.03.406A, and my CAM just sent me a copies
> of 9.04 and 9.05 so I can play in a test environment and convince my CFO to
> eventually take the plunge. Just to make sure I get it all (mostly) right
> the first time, is this how I need to set it up?
>
> 1. On my test server, install 8.03.400 and OpenEdge 10.1B
> 2. Upgrade it to 8.03.406A and install a copy of my current database
> 3. upgrade it then to 409A SP/Patch
> 4. Follow Installation Guide for 9.04.500
> 5. Follow installation guide for 9.05
>
> Only then can the fun begin...
>
>
>