This topic describes how to install the server software for Aptify 5.5.
Aptify strongly recommends that you install and test the installation on a test environment first using a copy of your production server before running it directly on the production server. Also, review the Important Pre-Installation Considerations before starting an installation. |
Run the installation program locally on the computer to which you copied the installation files; do not run it over the network.
The Windows API requires that fully qualified file names are less than 260 characters. Aptify recommends that the Aptify 5.5 Service Pack Installer ZIP file is unzipped in a folder close to the drive's root folder (for example C:\Downloads) in order to limit the possibility of exceeding the character limitation for fully qualified file names imposed by the operating system. |
If you have existing company-based subscriptions, run the Duplicate Subscription Utility prior to install the Aptify 5.5 Service Pack to identify and resolve potential duplicates.
See Running the Duplicate Subscription Utility in Aptify 5.5 for more details about this utility.
The 5.5 Installer automatically identifies the current version of Aptify 5.0 installed on the database server and checks the box(es) that corresponds to the update(s) not currently installed.
If the database server is running Aptify 5.0, then all four boxes are checked (Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 and Aptify 5.5) to install all four service packs. If the database server is already running Aptify 5.0 SP2, then the Aptify 5.0 Service Pack 3 and Aptify 5.5 options are checked (to install the Aptify 5.0 Service Pack 3 and Aptify 5.5 updates only). If the database server is already running Aptify 5.0 SP3, only the Aptify 5.5 option is checked (to install the Aptify 5.5 updates only). |
Enter a location on the Aptify database server to which your user account has read/write access in the UNC Path field. (This is the Windows domain account you have used to log into the database server.)
Click Finish to begin the installation.
If the Aptify 5.5 Service Pack installer detects an existing Accounting Periods configuration, the following message will be displayed. If a pre-existing configuration is detected or if you know that your system includes an existing Accounting Periods configuration, Aptify recommends that you review the Aptify 5.5 Release Notes prior to continuing installing the Aptify 5.5 Service Pack. |