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Back Up Environment
Back up the existing environment before attempting an upgrade. To back up the existing QDT installation directory, use the following steps:
1 Exit any QDT sessions.
2 Shut down all of the processes associated with the environment being backed up, including all Progress processes and Tomcat.
3 Stop the QAD Enterprise Edition environment by running the following script:
<QDT_install_directory>/envs/<environment_name>/scripts
/stopenv.<
environment_name>
4 Shut down the Progress Admin Server.
5 Shut down Tomcat.
6 Back up the QAD EE installation directory.
7 Back up the Progress databases, including all of the empty databases associated with the environment. Refer to the Progress documentation at www.progress.com/support for Progress backup procedures.
8 Back up folders under the Tomcat webapps directory.
9 Stop the Tomcat server by running the script:
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
10 Back up the following folders under $CATALINA_HOME/webapps:
epub
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qadhome
qadhome represents the default name. Back up the correct directory if the previous EE version name was modified.
qadui
qadui represents the default name. Back up the correct directory if the previous EE version name was modified.
11 Back up the $DLC/properties/ubroker.properties and conmgr.properties files (where applicable).