upgrade from 9.1B to 9.1D

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vasudha

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Hi,

I have to upgrade one system with windows 2000 server having progress 9.1B to windows 2003 server. And for this i have to upgrade the progress version from 9.1B to 9.1D. So, what steps i have to follow to upgrade progress 9.1B to progress 9.1D.

Thanks in Advance

Regards,
Vasudha :)
 
9.1D is ancient and unsupported, although less ancient than 9.1B. If you're going to stick with v9 you should be upgrading to 9.1E service pack 4. That is also ancient (4 years old now) but at least sort of supported. And it contains many significant bug fixes, performance improvements and functionality enhancements over 9.1D. Upgrading to OE10 would, of course, be much more sensible.

To upgrade 1st shutdown your db and truncate the bi file. Backup. Then install the new version. Then restart your db. Your db upgrade is done at that point. You may need to (or wish to) recompile application code. You may also need to upgrade clients if this is a client-server deployment.
 
Hi Tom,

Thanks ..
Actually this is the requirement for one of our client.
And i have one doubt in migration like -
after taking backup like .df and .d files of DB
and after V9 installation i will create new DB with my backup .df and .d files. But i am not sure what is the meaning of storage areas at this point and how can i create required storage areas.
Or if not required then can i simply upload .df and .d?

Thanks & Regards,
Vasudha
 
This talk of .df and .d files is related to doing a dump & load.

You do not need to dump and load to go from 9.1B to 9.1D. A simple stop the db, truncate and restart the db process will suffice. To move from the old server to the new server you can just use probkup & prorest.

If you choose you certainly can dump & load but it is much more complex and it will take longer. You might, for instance, want to take advantage of the opportunity and modify the storage area design. But given the level of uncertainty and inexperience that you are showing I wouldn't recommend it. That's the sort of thing that an experienced DBA or a good consultant would do for you.
 
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