Installation Instructions

3 Upgrading

In this section

Upgrading from Acronis Access to a newer version ................................ 58

Upgrading to Acronis Access Advanced ................................................... 60

Upgrading from mobilEcho 4.5 or earlier ................................................ 60

Upgrading from activEcho 2.7 or earlier ................................................ 104

Upgrading Clustered Configurations ...................................................... 129

3.1 Upgrading from Acronis Access to a newer version

The upgrade procedure from a previous version of Acronis Access is a simplified process and requires

almost no configuration.

Backup the vital components:

The Apache Tomcat folder

On upgrade the Apache Tomcat may be upgraded and all of the current Tomcat configuration files

and log files will be removed. We recommend you make a copy of the Apache Tomcat folder, which

by default is found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\Access\Common\.

The PostgreSQL database

The following method creates an *.sql file containing a text representation of the source database.

1. Open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the 9.2\bin folder located in the PostgreSQL

installation directory.

e.g. cd "C:\PostgreSQL\9.2\bin"

2. Once your current Command Prompt directory is the bin folder, enter the following line:

pg_dump -U postgres -f mybackup.sql acronisaccess_production

where mybackup.sql is the desired file name for the produced backup file. It can include a full

path to the location where you want the backup file to be created, for instance:

D:\Backups\mybackup.sql

Note: acronisaccess_production must be entered exactly as shown as it is the name of the Acronis

Access database

3. A "Password: " line appears. Enter the postgres password that you set during the Acronis Access

installation process.

Note: Typing the password will not result in any visual changes in the Command Prompt window.

4. Your backup file will appear in the bin folder by default unless the output file specification

contains a full path to a different directory.

Note: If you want to backup the entire PostgreSQL database set you can use the following command:

pg_dumpall -U postgres > alldbs.sql