Upgrading from 8.1 or later
When you are upgrading from UCCS - Analytics 8.1 or later, perform an in-place upgrade to ensure you maintain your collected data. Do not uninstall the previous version. If you uninstall the previous version, you will lose all the collected data.
Performing a manual backup of the storage folder before upgrade
Before you upgrade UC Analytics, it is recommended that you perform a manual backup of your storage folder. If you have multiple Storage Engines deployed, you must take a backup of each storage folder on each server.
To perform a manual backup of the storage folder
1. Stop the following UC Analytics services:
• UC Analytics Query Engine
• UC Analytics Storage Engine
2. Navigate to the UC Analytics storage folder. By default, the directory is located in the following path:
C:\Program Files\<VendorName>\UC Analytics\Storage
3. Use a compression utility to compress the Storage folder, such as to a zipped file format.
4, Copy the compressed file to a separate location.
Once the information is backup proceed with the software Upgrade by Running the Installer and following the wizard.