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upgrade from 5 to 6 - 10/8/2009 12:19:51 PM

cchiang12

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Anyone tried to upgrade EFT form 5 to 6?
How do you keep all your rules because it ask to EFT 5 to be deleted first.
After I upgrade to 6, all the rules are gone...
(Good thing this is only a test box).

Thank you.

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RE: upgrade from 5 to 6 - 10/8/2009 12:26:47 PM

davidmd

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I've done the upgrade (also in our development environment). What I did is before starting the process, stopped the service and then backed up the existing install directory. After the installation was completed successfully, I copied the pertinant config files into the new install directory (I found I had to do a reg hack to have EFT 6 look in the proper place for the files). Then simply re-started everything and it all came up without any problems. I'm not planning on doing that in our production upgrade, but instead, leveraging the Backup/Restore option in EFT 6. 1) Copy Production EFT 5 to Development EFT 6 and then clean everything up as necessary then once Prod has been upgraded, restore from the development server.

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RE: upgrade from 5 to 6 - 10/11/2009 10:37:55 PM

cybernut

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Davidmd,

Good job on the description.

Here is the KB article for more reading:

http://kb.globalscape.com/article.aspx?id=10509

This should explain a few things about the process concerning the ftp.cfg files.

Cheers!

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RE: upgrade from 5 to 6 - 11/6/2009 11:50:40 AM

djbates

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Does this FTP.cfg file apply to my SQL Express database as well. I am new to EFT/FTP and I have been given the task of upgrading our current EFT server from 5 to 6. If I just backup the old version and then copy the FTP.cfg file over to the new EFT folder will that move the entire settings over? Seems too easy.

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RE: upgrade from 5 to 6 - 11/6/2009 6:37:01 PM

mac1

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Djbates,

I recently upgraded my EFT server from 5 to 6 and the installer, if you check the Auditing & Reporting Module checkbox, did prompt me if it located an existing database to upgrade it or specify an alternate SQL Server.

I opted for an alternate SQL Server so that I can start with a fresh database and also because I was using SQL Server 2000 and according to globalscape the new EFT server 6 does not support SQL Server 2000.

Hope this helps.

Mac1

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