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HP Digital Sending Software 5.0 – Upgrading from 4.91.xx versions
Date Written/Updated: April 7th, 2014
Introduction
HP Digital Sending Software 5.0 is the latest in a series of DSS versions to have shipped over the past 10 years.
Previous versions of DSS have fallen into three broad groups.
-The oldest are the versions 4.0 through 4.20
-The 4.91.xx versions
-The 4.25.xx version
This white paper will discuss upgrading or migrating from DSS versions 4.91.xx. Please see the other upgrade white papers for information on upgrades from 4.0 through 4.20 or 4.25.xx versions of DSS.
Definitions
Same Server Upgrade: This is when DSS 5.0 is installed on a server that already has an older version of DSS installed
Migration: This is when the settings from an older version of DSS are captured from one server and moved to another server that has DSS 5.0 already installed
DSS 5 Supported Operating Systems: DSS 5 supports the following operating systems.
-Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
-Windows 2008 (32 and 64 bit)
-Windows 2008 R2
-Windows 2012
<Install Path>: The default install path for DSS on 64 bit systems is: c:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett- Packard\HP Digital Sending Software 5.0. On 32 bit systems the “Program Files (x86)” is replaced by “Program Files”. Also, the person installing DSS can instruct the install program to use a custom install path. In this document <Install Path> will indicate the install folder that the install program used for DSS file storage.
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