Upgrade Installations

Upgrade installation in one step is supported on Windows systems only. During the start of StorMan installation it is automatically checked if a StorMan version is already installed and the upgrade can be done automatically.

For Linux and M2000 a deinstallation must be done before upgrading to a higher version. The StorMan data are not deleted during deinstallation.

Migration from previous versions to StorMan V9.0 is supported.

Data in place upgrades for StorMan configurations from previous StorMan Versions to StorMan V9.0 is supported “on the fly”: During the upgrade process the StorMan repository is upgraded automatically.

Please note that downgrading to a lower StorMan version is not supported with the same repository. For this reason it is recommended to create a backup of the repository using stormandb -dump before starting the upgrade.

For the migration from StorMan V8.0 to StorMan V9.0 the following steps are suggested:

1. Create a backup of your StorMan repository:

   stormandb -dump

   This backup is needed if a downgrade to StorMan V8.0 is necessary.

2. Make sure your application is not using StorMan during the upgrade

3. Stop the StorMan server (Windows) or deinstall StorMan (Linux)

4. Start StorMan upgrade installation (Windows) od installation (Linux) for StorMan V9.0

5. Check if StorMan V9.0 was successfully updated and is running:

   storcheck

6. Check the correct settings in the smserver.ini file after successful upgrade.