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Please read the following upgrade steps prior to starting the migration.
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Migration from v4.1.7+ to v5.1.1 is not supported for the Oracle database. Please contact frevvo customer support for details and help. |
- Please read and understand the Migration Considerations which may require your action before beginning.
- Backup the v4 server's forms and users databases
- Backup the v4 server's installation directory so that you have a copy of all custom configuration parameters and the v4 server's data folder.
- Stop the v4 server using stop-frevvo.[bat,sh] or through the Computer Management Services console if is running as a window's service. It is very important that the v4 server is stopped, otherwise the v5 server may not correctly migrate all existing tenant users.
- Download a fresh v5 server:
- Download the latest v5 software.
- Request a v5 license key by emailing support@frevvo.com. Your v4 license key will not work with version 5 of . You must email frevvo to obtain a functional v5 license key.
- The download is a zip file. Extract the contents to any folder of your choice. This folder will be refered to as <frevvo-home> (note that the zip already contains a top level frevvo folder).
- Migrate existing 4.1.7 forms & users databases using the upgrade scripts provided in <frevvo-home>/data/sql. You must execute these SQL scripts to perform a few required database schema updates.
- Navigate to <frevvo-home>/data/sql.
- The scripts are named by database and by release number of the Live Forms version that you are upgrading from. For example, if your databases use mySQL5, and since you can only upgrade form versions 4.1.7 or later - use the scripts that have "mysql5" and 417 in its name:
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