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Upgrading Aras ProAppDesigner

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Notification and Backup

  1. Notify users that the system will be down at a scheduled time and that they should log out before the process starts.
  2. Backup the Code Tree.
    The “Code Tree” refers to files and folders installed on the disk when Aras Innovator was first installed.
    The default path for the Code Tree installation would be something like:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Aras\Innovator
    With the following contents:
    The following steps can be used to confirm the installation folder:
    1. From the Windows search field, enter Control to access the Control Panel.
    2. Select Programs and Features.
    3. Right-click the Name column and select More…
      • Select the Comments header if it has not been checked.
      • Click OK
    4. Search for the Aras Innovator entry in the Programs and Features window.
    5. View the value set in the Comments column for the Aras Innovator entry:
  3. Disconnect all users from the database.
    The easiest way to prevent client sessions from committing any further changes to the database is to change the database connection string in the InnovatorServerConfig.xml from <DB-Connection... to <xDB-Connection… and restart the w3svc service (IIS). This expires all sessions and prevents all new connections to the Aras Innovator database through the existing instance.
  4. Backup the database.
    Store these files in a safe location, as they will need to be restored if the process fails.

  5. Enable database connections.
    After the database backup has been completed, enable the database connection string in the InnovatorServerConfig.xml by changing it from <xDB-Connection... to <DB-Connection... and restarting the w3svc service (IIS).