The Diagnostics Server Upgrade instructions indicate to choose the same installation directory name as the previous version when doing the new version instllation portion. Is it possible to choose a different installation directory, and then manually copy all of the archive directory data from the old directory to the new directory before starting up the server for this first time?
I have perforned several upgrades from earlier versions to v9.23 about a year ago. However, we did not use a 'standard' installation directory across all instances when first setup. I was hoping to take this opportunity during the upgrade to make the installation directory consistent, and still retain all of the archive data. ( I realize i still need to manually compare the old and new etc/ directory .properties files and apply any custom changes into the newer v9.24 files.)
this is LINUX, not Windows, if that makes a difference.
for example:
old v9.23 archive directory:
/opt/MercuryDiagnostics/Server/v9.23/archive
new v9.24 archive directory:
/opt/MercuryDiagnostics/Server/archive/
after v9.24 install, and before first sever startup:
cp -R /opt/MercuryDiagnostics/Server/v9.23/archive/* /opt/MercuryDiagnostics/Server/archive/
has anyone done this before? is this possible to upgrade, pick a new install directory, *and* retain all of the archive data? or maybe some other technique to accomplish this?
thanks,
Eric
