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After installing version 1.3.x, upgrade KDS to the latest version. Download version 1.3.5 or later from FTP:ftp://ftp.ucs.ru/r-keeper/KDS/. To For upgrade, it is enough to copy new files to the KDS installation folder (replacing previous files) and update the database.

Copy new files to the installation location. Confirm file replacement.:

  • Client
  • Server
  • RK7tmsrv if it is installed.
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Now, you need to update What remains is updating the database. For this purpose, in the DB folder has there is the utility  DBUpdate.exeexe utility. Run it and specify the Firebird database connection parameters: the IP address and port.
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Press the Click Update DB button. If connection settings are indicated specified correctly and Firebird is launched, the database will be updated and you will see the text,: "Update DB Complete".

In case you need to install or update Firebird, the folder containing the with KDS that is located at the FTP has the distribution packages the Firebird 2.5.7, x32/x64 distribution kits.

Upgrading

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Old Database to Version 1.3.Х

To transfer data from databases of an older old KDS format <1.2.x to a new one, the utility the DBConverter.exe is  utility is used that . It is located in the DB folder.

Before upgrading, install Firebird that can be found in the relevant distribution packagekit. As a result, you will have two operating Firebird servers.
To upgrade, connect Connect to the old database using the old Firebird server and to the new database using the newly installed server. The database to which data are going to be transferred must be empty.
Run the utility, indicate specify the path to the older database in the From section and new database settings in the To section.
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Press the Convert Data button.

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Starting from version 1.3.3.Х

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updating to the current version is performed within one branch. When

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updating to the branch 1.3.4.Х or higher, you should perform an intermediate update to the first version of a new branch.

Licensing

In the KDS system, the server is licensed. The license name is R-Keeper 7 KDS Module Software. Obtain the master license and generate the license key without the request code.
Run the file \server\dbmangr_RK7.exeexe file. The server is launched in the minimized mode so double-click the icon in the tray two times to expand it. The server window will appear. Click the License button.
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Insert the license key, generated at l.ucs.ru, and click OK

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The server will connect to the licensing license system, check the license, and activate the product if everything is fine.
Instead of No License you will see your facility object code and the license expiry expiration date.
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Licensing is complete.

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Since version 1.3.4.7, the configuration file of the KDS server

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has changed to dbmangr.

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ini 

If the system was licensed before the update, copy the license key from the License string of the FSVDU.INI file:

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License=21184-10432-12135-21664-82834-11484-05367-40256

And insert it to dbmangr.ini. Save your changes and restart the server.

KDSGuard

The KDSGuard utility is designed to counter possible failures. It is in the \Server folder.
To launch in KDSGuard.ini, indicate the full path to the server dbmangr_RK7.exe. Save changes and run KDSGuard.exe.

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