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1.3.1 Prepare to Convert Databases
As of PMDF V6.5, the format of PMDF databases has changed from Berkeley
DB (SleepyCat) to PBL. If you are upgrading from V6.4 or earlier, you
must either convert or rebuild all of your databases. Before the
upgrade, check to make sure you have sources for all databases that you
wish to use pmdf crdb to rebuild after the upgrade. If you
do not have the sources, you must run pmdf dumpdb on those
databases before the upgrade to generate them.
1.3.2 Save Job Controller Configuration File
Customer changes to the PMDF job controller configuration file
(\pmdf\table\job_controller.cnf) are discouraged. All
customer changes should be made in the site-specific file
\pmdf\table\job_controller.cnf_site.
If you do make changes to the job controller configuration file you
must save this file before you upgrade because it will
be overwritten by the installation. After upgrading, you should check
the new job_controller.cnf file and merge in any changes
that you made to your version of the file.
1.3.3 Check PMDF Licenses
The PMDF installation procedure asks you to enter your PMDF licenses
(you should have received these licenses when you purchased PMDF). If
you are upgrading PMDF, check to make sure that you have PMDF licenses
that are valid for the new version. You will need a PMDF-MTA-NT
license, plus licenses for each additional PMDF layered product that
you are installing (for example, PMDF-LAN-NT).
Layered products can only be licensed and installed on a system that is already licensed for PMDF-MTA. |
PMDF license information is stored in files with names of the form
product-name.license, which are located in the
PMDF table directory. You will have a separate license file for each
PMDF product that is licensed for the system. For example, a PMDF-MTA
license would be stored in a file named
C:\pmdf\table\PMDF-MTA-NT.license, and a PMDF-MSGSTORE
license would be stored in a file named
C:\pmdf\table\PMDF-MSGSTORE-NT.license (if you have PMDF
installed on the C: drive).
A PMDF license file has the following format:
Issuer:Process Authorization Number:auth-number Product Name:product-name Producer:Innosoft Product Release Date:release-date Product Token:token Checksum:checksum |
auth-number, token,
release-date, and checksum
are specific to your PMDF license, and
product-name is the product name (for example,
PMDF-MTA-NT, PMDF-DIRSYNC-NT, PMDF-LAN-NT, PMDF-POPSTORE-NT,
PMDF-MSGSTORE-NT, PMDF-XGS-NT, or PMDF-TLS-NT).
If you are updating an installation of PMDF, check to make sure that the release date for each product (the value on the fifth line of the file) is later than the release date of the version of each PMDF product you are going to install. PMDF licenses allow for the operation of PMDF software that is released before the license release date. New PMDF product licenses are issued when your maintenance contract is renewed, not when new versions of software are released.
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