About Upgrading Sterling Gentran:Server

Use the upgrade option on every machine in your Sterling Gentran:Server® system when you receive upgrades to the Sterling Gentran:Server software.

In a distributed environment, you must upgrade the primary Sterling Gentran:Server system controller first.

Notes:
  • To complete the installation of a Single Workstation system, you must be logged on to Windows as a local administrator.
  • To complete the installation of a Distributed System, you must be logged on to Windows as a domain administrator.

Sterling Gentran:Server for RosettaNet Prerequisite

Sterling Gentran:Server for RosettaNet depends on the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) for HTTP-related communications. Since the use of IIS requires the Sterling Gentran:Server dynamic libraries to be open, the installation of the Sterling Gentran:Server will fail if IIS is running at installation time. Therefore, we recommend that you stop the IIS service before installing Sterling Gentran:Server.

You can stop IIS by stopping the World Wide Web Publishing Service and the IIS Admin Service from the Services dialog box (select each service from the list and click Stop). You can access the Internet Services dialog box from your Start menu by selecting Programs > Administrative Tools, and then selecting Internet Services Manager.

Note: Be aware that if you use Sterling Gentran:Server for RosettaNet and are upgrading to Sterling Gentran:Server 5.3.1, there are tasks you will need to perform after installing Sterling Gentran:Server 5.3.1 and Sterling Gentran:Server for RosettaNet 5.3.1, and you should allot time to complete these post installation tasks.

Automatic recovery in case of failure

Setup maintains a log of every scripted command that it executed. Automatic recovery determines the point at which the install process failed and attempts to resume installation from that point. It does not reverse the previously executed commands. The following are examples of the type of errors that this automatic process can recover from:

  • The database server crashed or was accidently unplugged.
  • The network failed.
  • A power outage occurred.