Installing Unica Discover involves planning and preparing your environment, installing and configuring prerequisite software, obtaining the Unica Discover installation files, and running the Unica Discover installer.
This section describes how to upgrade the Discover databases to the latest version of Discover.
Ensure that you are using a supported version of SQL Server.
The objective of the upgrade is to minimize downtime and data loss. The recommended approach is to suspend the processing components, letting data spool to disk while the Data Collector collects any unaggregated statistical data. The system can then be upgraded. When it is restarted, it will attempt to work off the spooled data until it catches up.
If you are deploying new hardware in conjunction with your upgrade, please complete the upgrade in the following general steps.
If you have customized your configuration by modifying the web.config file, running the Upgrader does not affect your customization.
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To upgrade your Unica Discover solution, review the entire process before you commence the upgrade. The process that you follow varies depending on the number of servers that are deployed in your Unica Discover solution.
This section describes how to upgrade Discover software on an individual server. You must repeat this basic process on each Windows-based Discover server in the environment and make adjustments to the process as needed.
This section describes the general process for upgrading an All-In-One Discover server. In these configurations, all Discover components are installed on the same physical system.
The steps in this upgrade process provide a generalized outline for how to complete an upgrade of a sophisticated multi-machine installation of Discover. For these types of upgrades, services must be stopped in a specific order after which individual Discover servers must be upgraded in the order that is listed.
When the databases are upgraded, you may be required to update the SQL Server Compatibility Mode.
Upgrading the database requires System Administrator permissions, as the process creates new filegroups.
If your SQL Server installation uses dynamic ports, extra configuration is required before you install or upgrade the Discover databases.
During the upgrade process, you may choose to migrate event definitions and reporting data. Depending on the options you choose, the Discover Database Manager requires sufficient space to perform the upgrade operations.
Before you begin your upgrade, copy the event definitions to the Report Server and verify user permissions.
Follow these instructions to prepare the database server.
Follow the procedures in this section to upgrade your databases.
Topics in this section describe steps you can take to resolve common problems you might encounter when upgrading your database.
After performing the upgrade, complete the following tasks:
After you complete the upgrade, you should complete the following tasks, if you did not do so already.
After you complete installation and the initial configuration tasks for each licensed Discover product and module, verify the operations of your Discover solution. This section provides a simple procedure for testing end-to-end operations of the Discover solution, with modifications based on optional components that you may have installed.