HP MFP Sending Software 4.25 manual Same Server Upgrades, Migrations

Same Server Upgrades

If DSS 4.25.xx is installed on an operating system that DSS 5 supports then a same server upgrade can be performed. See the Definitions section above for a list of operating systems supported by DSS 5.

To do the same server upgrade, install DSS 5 on the server using the standard DSS 5 installer. The DSS 5 install program will detect the previous version of DSS and ask if the person installing wants to save the settings from that version. If the installer says they do want to save the settings the install program will capture the settings from the previous version, uninstall the previous version, install 5.0, and then apply the saved setting from the previous version.

It is strongly advised to do a DSS backup of the server, and a whole server backup if possible, before starting the DSS 5 install in case any errors occur during installation. This is just in case an error occurs during install and the old system needs to be restored. After doing the DSS 4.25 backup, the backup files must be moved to a location other than their default location or the install of DSS 5 will delete them. It will be safest to store them on a server other than the DSS server.

Migrations

Note: If DSS 4.25.xx is running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 system you must make sure that .NET 3.51 is enabled. See the section below Enabling .NET 3.51 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 System for instructions on how to check if this functionality is enabled and how to enable it if it is not already enabled.

To migrate DSS settings from a server running DSS 4.25.xx to a server running DSS 5 follow these instructions: Install DSS 5 on a new server

1.Copy the contents of the following folder from the DSS 5 server to the server running DSS 4.25.xx:

<Install Path>\scripts\LegacyDssConfigurationBackup.

2.Run the LegacyDSSConfigurationBackup.exe utility from a command prompt.

LegacyDssConfigurationBackup.exe –key <key> -path <path> -help

Where:

–keyis an optional parameter used to specify the encryption key for the output file. If no encryption key is specified the output file will be unencrypted

and no passwords will be saved in the backup file. If the file is not encrypted then the system administrator will have to manually re-enter passwords after the file is restored. (There are many places in DSS where passwords may have been entered including: credentials for SMTP servers, credentials for authentication servers, credentials for shared folder access, etc.)

-pathis an optional parameter that specifies the path for the output file. The default path is the same folder from which the utility is run -helpis an optional parameter which will output help for this executable

3.Copy the output file created by the utility to a place where it can be read by the DSS 5 server. The settings output file will have a file name in the

format: DssBackup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.dss.

4.Restore the settings gathered from the older version of DSS using the standard restore capability built into DSS 5. The restore process can be accessed from the

General tab within the DSS Configuration Utility.

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