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Upgrading the InfoWorks Workgroup Server

Before updating your InfoWorks Workgroup Server, you should ensure that you have a backup of you data (see Backing up Workgroup Databases).

The existing older Workgroup Server service should be stopped before attempting to install a newer version. You do this by opening the Control Panel and browsing to the Local Services and stopping the “InfoWorks Workgroup Server” service. Obviously, this will interrupt the usage for Workgroup Client applications and you will want to choose a time when this interruption with not cause problems.

If you are updating an existing version of the Workgroup Server, you will need to uninstall the current version before you can install the new version.

To upgrade the Workgroup Server all you should need to do is uninstall the old version and run the installer for the new version. The new version of the Workgroup Server should start automatically and existing clients should be able continue working immediately.

Note: If upgrading from an old 32 version of the Workgroup Server you may need to move your snumbat.ini from the old program files location to the new one.

Major version numbers for a release are the first two numbers on the version (e.g. 6.5 or 7.0). Versions which differ only in the third number are known as “patch” versions (e.g. 7.0.2).

Newer versions of the Workgroup Server are able to manage databases from older versions of the Workgroup Server and accept connections from older clients to such databases. Clients with major version numbers which are newer than the data server major version will generate an appropriate error if they try and connect.

When a database is created using a Workgroup Client, the database version is set by the client version – not the server version. A client with a newer major version number will be unable to open an older database unless the database is upgraded using the client.

If the data server is being used to manage a database hosted using Oracle or SQL Server, then the Oracle or SQL Server database schema will need to be updated using the update script. The update script provided only updates from the previous major version number to the current major version number. If you are updating across multiple major version numbers, it will be necessary to install the data server for each version in turn and apply the update scripts. The update scripts can be downloaded from the Autodesk website or obtained by contacting support.

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