V8.5.1 install on top of V8.5.0

Hi,

I have V8.5.0 installed and would like to install V8.5.1 and move what I have in V8.5.0 over to it.  It looks like V8.5.1 wants to install on top of V8.5.0.  Is this okay if I back up the manager and then import into the V8.5.1 manager after letting the V8.5.1 install?

Also, how does one export/import config maps?

Lou

although I haven't tried with 8.5.1 yet, I don't remember having any problems with installing a x.y.1 version on top of x.y. It usually installed a new image directory within the existing installation path.

Same for the library. You can either  Use the Library Importer Tool to upgrade a VA Smalltalk Library or simply install the new library manager and have the setup point to the existing library. You should, however, backup before that (I mention it, just in case...).

Exporting a config map is easy: version it (yes, that's necessary) and click on the version you want to export. VAST will prompt you for a library name and if you choose a new one it will ask whether you want a 1gb or 16gb addressable one. You want the 16gb variant.

There are some options hidden and spread all over the place to also move required maps when exporting/importing maps, so you can move complete project structures. You can either export from your old library into a .dat file and export from it into the new one, or you can import your existing code from the backup into your new library, either by working from an old image or a new one. So there's a lit of options for you ;-)

Joachim

Am Dienstag, 20. März 2012 15:45:39 UTC+1 schrieb Louis LaBrunda:

Hi,

I have V8.5.0 installed and would like to install V8.5.1 and move what I have in V8.5.0 over to it.  It looks like V8.5.1 wants to install on top of V8.5.0.  Is this okay if I back up the manager and then import into the V8.5.1 manager after letting the V8.5.1 install?

Also, how does one export/import config maps?

Lou

Lou -

 

If you already have V8.5 installed, you can simply install V8.5.1 on top of it.

 

The installer will recognize that you already have a mgr85.dat and, after prompting you to make sure it is backed up, it will import the V8.5.1 code into that manager. Your image85, icsrn85, and icspk85 directories will be unchanged; new image851, icsrn851, and icspk851 directories will be created and populated.

 

If you think you will need to go back to a clean V8.5 .icx file at some time in the future, you should rename the newimage directory before starting the install since its content will be replaced by V8.5.1 files.

 

John
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:45:39 AM UTC-4, Louis LaBrunda wrote:

Thanks John and Joachim,

I pressed on and the install went as John described, which was fine with me.  I guess I was expecting it to be more like a major install (first or second version digit change).

Lou