QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > Installation-Conversion > Conversion Guide > Upgrading QAD Enterprise Edition into a New Environment > Upgrading Enterprise Edition into a New Environment > Back Up Source Environment Databases
  
Back Up Source Environment Databases
Back up the existing environment database before starting the upgrade.
1 Shut down all of the processes associated with the environment being backed up, including all Progress processes and Tomcat.
For YAB environments, enter yab stop.
For QDT environments:
a Stop the QAD Enterprise Edition environment by running the following script:
<QDT_install_directory>/envs/<environment_name>/scripts/stopenv.<environment_name>
b Shut down the Progress Admin Server.
c Shut down Tomcat.
2 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.
Note: Only the mfg, admin and help databases are required for the EE upgrade process.