Exporting the r400.0 sp2 or r500.1 processlogix, Server database -11 – Rockwell Automation 1757-SWKIT5100 ProcessLogix R510.0 Installation and Upgrade Guide User Manual
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Publication 1757-IN510A-EN-P - October 2003
ProcessLogix Server Upgrade Procedures 4-11
Exporting the R400.0 SP2 or R500.1 ProcessLogix Server Database
If you have a redundant Server pair, complete these steps on
SERVERA only.
1 . If necessary, logon to the system as ps_user.
2. Click Star t
⇒ Run.
3. Enter >cmd< and click OK to open the DOS window.
Custom applications
Backup any custom applications built for your existing system. Custom applications must be re-compiled and
re-linked using an appropriate development
environment.
Navigate in Knowledge Builder to Application
Development Guide
⇒
About the Development
Environment
⇒
Compiling, Linking, and Editing
for more information.
Quick Builder
projects
Backup any Quick Builder projects.
When opening an old project file with the new
version of Quick Builder, you are prompted to
migrate the project file to the new format.
File dumps
Do not use any file dumps of the pre-upgrade
database to restore the upgraded database.
Hardware definition
files
If you want to use existing hardware definition (hdwbld) files
to build printers, you must change any instance of the
CYRILLIC keyword to LANGUAGE=CYRILLIC.
Alarms and
messages
Resolve any alarms before starting the upgrade. Alarms and
messages currently in the system cannot be copied across for
the upgrade.
Handover notes
Handover notes are lost during the upgrade. Handover notes
in the system cannot be copied for the upgrade.
Table 4.F Saving Important R400.0 SP2 or R500.1 Server Data
Item
Pre-upgrade Requirement
Post-upgrade
ATTENTION
!
Before exporting the ProcessLogix Server Database,
you
MUST exit all ProcessLogix applications and
stop all ProcessLogix services. You must complete
the procedure in Stopping ProcessLogix Applications
and Services on page 8-1 before continuing.
If you have a redundant server pair, you must
complete this procedure on
SERVERB first. Then
complete the entire procedure again on
SERVERA.