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and later (nonclustered editions). See the following table for all possible combinations of
upgrades.
An upgrade is done by:
• Upgrading your entire installation by switching binaries.
• Upgrading a single database using online database, having first loaded it with a database
dump and transaction logs taken on a server with an earlier version.
Table 6. Upgrading Your Entire Installation
Current
Version
Upgrad-
ing to
Special Upgrade Information
Adaptive
Server
15.0.x or
earlier
Adaptive
Server
15.7.x
If you are using Replication Server to replicate one or more databases in
the version to be upgraded, ensure that all transactions have been repli-
cated before the polite shutdown is done, by draining the log. See Up-
grading Adaptive Server in a Replication System
and Upgrading Rep-
lication Server
in the Replication Server Configuration Guide for your
platform.
Adaptive
Server
15.0.x
Adaptive
Server
Cluster
Edition
15.7.x
If you are using Replication Server to replicate one or more databases in
the installation to be upgraded, ensure that all transactions have been
replicated before the polite shutdown is done, by draining the log, See
the
Upgrading Adaptive Server in a Replication System and Upgrading
Replication Server
in the Replication Server Configuration Guide for
your platform.
Adaptive
Server
15.5.x or
later
Adaptive
Server
Cluster
Edition
15.7.x
Not supported.
Adaptive
Server
Cluster
Edition
15.5.x or
later
Adaptive
Server
15.7.x
Upgrading any version of Adaptive Server Cluster Edition to a non-
clustered version is not supported.
Adaptive
Server
15.5.x
Adaptive
Server
15.7.x
No special upgrade instructions.
CHAPTER 10: Adaptive Server Upgrades
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