Upgrading Process Description
Upgrade Definition
New versions of the existing ToolsTalk 2 installations on computer shall search for existing installations and decide if the installation should act like an upgrade or fresh installation. MSI specific rule set shall be executed to decide if the installation is an upgrade or fresh installation.
Through version numbers it can be determined if an upgrade is a Major upgrade or Minor upgrade
Example: 2.21.2 to 2.21.3 is a Minor upgrade but 2.21 to 2.22 is a Major upgrade. This difference is only important for database upgrade operations. During Minor upgrades database upgrade is not necessary so operation shall not occur.
InstallShield
As common in all installation types mentioned in section in, Installation Types assemblies in system shall be upgraded with newer versions.
Depending on installation type, the following operations shall be performed in addition to updating assemblies:
FMS Uninstall and Re-install (see section Installation Process Description to see which setup type installs FMS assemblies)
Database migration (during Server and ServerClickOnce installation)
Database Migration
During installation of Server and ServerClickOnce packages, Database migration operation shall start to upgrade the database of ToolsTalk 2 application. This operation is only executed during Major upgrades.
Installation Configurator
Modification of following configurations are enabled by installation configurator:
ToolsTalk 2 SQL database settings
SQL server address
ToolsTalk 2 database name
Database installation
ToolsTalk 2 server settings
User authentication mode
Active directory to be used by Windows authentication
ToolsTalk 2 server address
ToolsTalk 2 server web application port
Controller port
Setting for converting service URL to IP address
ToolsTalk 2 backup settings
Controller backup folder
ACDC settings
ACDC server address
ACDC WebAPI port
ACDC SignalR port
FMS settings
Default host ID
Active host ID
Last used host ID
List of available host IDs
Possibility to change active host ID
Some of above settings and configurations may not be available for different versions of ToolsTalk 2.
When user modifies the configuration, the modification is applied by selecting the Save button. When saving the configurations, the Installation Configurator will
Update related config files with new values
Store a copy of all settings locally in a file named Storage
Start ToolsTalk 2 server to get the new configuration changes
At startup, the installation configurator always compares the configuration stored in storage file and config files exists at installation folder. If they differ, then it asks the user to choose which one should be loaded in installation configurator. When you select the Save button, both storage and config files in installation folder will get the same settings and configuration.
