The Active Roles Management Shell, ADSI Provider and SDK of version 8.2.1 are packaged into a single component referred to as Management Tools. You can install Management Tools side-by-side with Active Roles version 6.9 on the same computer. Alternatively, you can install Management Tools on a different computer. Active Roles setup installs Management Tools by default. You can install Management Tools without installing other components (see Installing only the Management Shell, ADSI Provider and SDK in the Active Roles Installation Guide).
To upgrade from Active Roles Management Shell, ADSI Provider and SDK version 7.x to the latest Active Roles version, perform an in-place upgrade. In case of an in-place upgrade, the Active Roles Management Shell, ADSI Provider and SDK is upgraded automatically to the components of the latest version of Active Roles.
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CAUTION: If you no longer need the earlier version of an Active Roles component and want to uninstall it using the appwiz.cpl command, make sure that you uninstall the earlier version (for example, Active Roles 6.9). In the uninstaller, select Modify, and select the components you want to uninstall. |
NOTE: The Administration Service requires the Management Shell. Do not uninstall the earlier version of Management Shell from the computer running the Administration Service of version 6.9.
The Active Roles ADSI Provider of version 6.9 is normally installed together with any of the Active Roles core components, such as the Administration Service, Web Interface or Console, and is removed once you have uninstalled the core components.
The Active Roles reporting components should be upgraded in the following order:
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Collector and Report Pack
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Collector’s database
Collector
To upgrade, first uninstall your earlier version of Collector and then install the new version. To uninstall Collector, use the Programs and Features list of the Windows Control Panel. After you uninstalled your earlier version of Collector, install the new version. For more information, see Installing the Data Collector in the Active Roles Installation Guide.
Report Pack
To upgrade, first uninstall your earlier version of the Report Pack and then install the new version. The Report Pack should be uninstalled on the computer that was initially used to install the Report Pack. You can uninstall the Report Pack by using Programs and Features in the Control Panel.
After you uninstalled your earlier version of the Report Pack, install the new version. For more information, see Deploying the Report Pack in the Active Roles Installation Guide.
Collector’s database
The new version of the Report Pack is incompatible with the database of an earlier Collector version. To create reports based on the events held in that database, you must import the events to the database of the new Collector version, then specify the database of the new Collector version as the data source for the reports of the new Report Pack version. For more information on how to configure the data source, see Working with reports in the Active Roles Administration Service.
To import events from the database of an earlier Collector version
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To start the Collector wizard, in the Start menu, select Active Roles8.2.1 Collector and Report Pack.
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On the Select Task page, click Import events from an earlier database version, and then click Next.
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On the Source Database page, click Specify, enter the database type, SQL Server name, and database name that your Collector of an earlier version uses, and click Next.
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On the Target Database page, click Specify, enter the database type, SQL Server name, and database name that your Collector of the current version uses, and click Next.
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Wait for the wizard to finish the import.
