Pre-upgrade tasks

Before beginning any upgrade tasks, read the “Special Upgrade Instructions” section in the release bulletin for Adaptive Server.

To ensure a successful upgrade, review the following pre-upgrade tasks and perform them as necessary. Depending on your current Adaptive Server configuration, it may not be necessary to perform all pre-upgrade tasks.

Pre-upgrade tasks include:

“Check system and upgrade requirements”.
“Check RUN_server file location”.
“Test current applications and stored procedures”.
“Reserved words”.
“Verify that users are logged off”.
“Check database integrity”.
“Back up databases”.
“Dump transaction logs”.
“Preparing database and devices”.
“Turn off database options”.