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Updating d.velop software

We recommend updating your software on a regular basis.

Before updating

Carefully plan the update of your system environment with everyone involved. During the upgrade, your system environment will not be available to your users. Therefore, choose an appropriate time, especially if your organization operates in different locations and time zones.

We also recommend backing up all relevant data, programs and settings.

When you have finished your planning, you can start the update installation of the software.

For a complete upgrade of your system environment, run all the installation wizards that you used during installation:

  1. Components that you installed using d.velop software manager
  2. Components that you installed manually


Ending d.velop processes

Before installing the update, make sure that no users are accessing the content in your repository.

This is how it works

  1. Open the Local configuration start menu shortcut.
  2. Open the Process Manager tab.
  3. Expand the group for your d.3 repository (e.g. Archive T).
  4. Call the d.3 Server process and change the Execute option to Stop.
  5. Choose Save to confirm your changes.

Repeat the steps for all the listed d.3 server processes and all repositories.

The processes are now not started automatically after the server restarts.


Installing updates

You should always update all your installed components to ensure the compatibility of these components. Depending on the selected update channel (feed), new components may be provided with the update. We recommend installing these new components to ensure you have access to the full scope of functions in d.velop documents and can benefit from new features.

To find out which components are included in your edition of d.velop documents, see here:

Note

Note that individual setups from d.velop AG are gradually being phased out and these components are being provided with d.velop software manager. If you find components that you previously installed as individual setups under Select products in d.velop software manager, you must add the components using d.velop software manager.


Updating the databases

After installing the update, you must update the databases of your d.3 repository.

This is how it works

  1. Start the d.3 server interface application for a d.3 repository.
  2. Log in with the user name Master and the password of the database user that you used to create the d.3 database.
  3. Click Scripts in the menu and choose JPL Script.
  4. Choose the script file upd_db.jpl.

Repeat the steps for all other d.3 repositories.

Note

You do not have to manually update databases that are used by web-based d.velop apps.


Starting the repository processes

After updating all the components and databases, you must start the processes of your repositories.

This is how it works

  1. Open the Local configuration start menu shortcut.
  2. Open the Process Manager tab.
  3. Expand the group for your d.3 repository (e.g. Archive T).
  4. Call the d.3 Server process and change the Execute option to Run.
  5. Choose Save to confirm your changes.

Repeat the steps for all the listed d.3 server processes and all repositories.

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