This section describes the possible upgrade paths of syslog-ng PE.
To see the possible upgrade paths, see Upgrading from previous syslog-ng PE versions to 7.
To upgrade an existing syslog-ng PE installation, see Upgrading to syslog-ng PE 7.
Upgrading is supported from the following syslog-ng PE versions:
syslog-ng PE 6 LTS (6.0.x)
To upgrade an existing syslog-ng PE installation, see Upgrading to syslog-ng PE 7.
The following describes how to upgrade to syslog-ng PE 7.
To upgrade to syslog-ng PE 7
Download the new installer package from the Support Portal. Use the same package type as you used for the installation (for example, use the .run package for the upgrade if you have originally installed syslog-ng PE using a .run installer).
Download the new license file from My License Assets.
Install syslog-ng PE and check the warnings. Upgrade the respective parts of your configuration if needed.
On the host where you are running syslog-ng PE in server mode, replace the old license file with the new one.
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Caution:
Hazard of data loss! Without the new license file, syslog-ng PE will run in relay mode, and will not store the incoming messages locally. |
Set the version of the configuration file to 7.0.12.
This scenario is not supported and will fail with the following error messages.
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Incompatible syslog-ng package already installed
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Incompatible syslog-ng package already installed
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Incompatible syslog-ng package already installed to <syslog-ng path>
This scenario is not supported and will fail with the following error messages. To replace a .run package with a platform-specific package, create a backup of your configuration and persist files, uninstall the .run package using the --purge option, then install the platform-specific package.
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Incompatible standalone (.run) installer of syslog-ng Premium Edition
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Caution:
Hazard of data loss! Installing rpm package syslog-ng PE on AIX platform is possible even if the upgrade conditions are not met, since the rpm package installs before checking the upgrade conditions and therefore no error message is displayed. This might result in overwriting the old configuration file. |
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Errors were encountered while processing
Unsupported. Installation stops and the following error message is displayed:
Please remove the conflicting package before installing this package. Installation aborted.
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