Upgrading from 8.0 to 9.0

Owned by Rashmi Likhite
Last updated: Oct 07, 2014
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Please install Java 8 and set your JAVA_HOME to use this before you proceed with the upgrade.

To upgrade

  1. Download Celoxis 9.0.0 from the link provided by Support in a separate mail.
  2. Backup your existing database and data directory. If the upgrade fails for any reason, the backed up database and data directory will have to be restored.
    • To know your database, go to license.properties file into <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_8.0.0\webapps\psa\WEB-INF\conf
    • To know your data directory, from the main tool bar go to Setup > Site and then click on the link Edit Site Settings and look at 
      Data Directory Path.
  3. Upgrading
    1. Unzip the downloaded psa_9.0.0.zip file into <Celoxis-install-dir>
    2. You should now have: <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_9.0.0 directory.
    3. Open a command prompt (terminal on Linux)
    4. Stop Celoxis 8.0.0: Go to <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_8.0.0 directory and type : bin\shutdown.bat (bin/shutdown.sh on Linux)
    5. If you have installed Celoxis as a Windows Service, remove it. Type : bin\service.bat remove
    6. Type: cd <Celoxis-install-dir>\psa_9.0.0 (cd <Celoxis-install-dir>/psa_9.0.0 on Linux)
    7. Type: bin\startup.bat (bin/startup.sh on Linux)
    8. http://<your-server-name>:8888/psa/site.Upgrade.do
    9. Follow the instructions there to complete the upgrade.
  4. After successful upgrade, you need to install the Celoxis as a service again.

 

If the Upgrade fails, refer here.