Upgrading a Single Node to the Current Release of Orchestrator

Orchestrator can now be installed with an .exe file.

  1. On the Orchestrator host, stop the services.
    1. Click the Windows Start menu, and in the Run dialog enter services.msc, and click Start.
    2. In the Services dialog, check the Status column to confirm whether or not Apache HTTPD Server (Aspera), Aspera Orchestrator, and MySQL Server (Aspera) services are running (Started). If they are running, stop them by right-clicking Started and clicking Stop.
    3. Close the Services dialog.
  2. To uninstall the previous installation of Orchestrator, click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features, right-click Aspera Orchestrator, click Uninstall, then click Yes. There are two effects of the uninstall process on Orchestrator data:
    • The files that the original installer placed directly in Orchestrator will be deleted.
    • The database in the following location is preserved so that the original data is available to the user.
      C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Aspera
  3. Install Orchestrator.
    Obtain the new Windows installation files from IBM Aspera Downloads and follow the procedure in Installing Orchestrator.
  4. Stop the Orchestrator service.
    After the installation completes, go to the Services window, right-click Aspera Orchestrator, and click Stop.
  5. Backup the VAR directly from the new installation to VAR_ORIG.
  6. Restart the Orchestrator service.
    Go to the Services window, right-click Aspera Orchestrator, and click Start.