In place upgrade of PDQ Host

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Nathan Tong

May 19, 2020 23:47

Hi, we currently have a PDQ host 2012R2, and looking to upgrade it to 2016 or 2019.

Has anyone done an inplace upgrade of their server before? Will it cause any issues?

Thanks,
Nathan

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Luke Nichols

May 20, 2020 19:52
Nathan,

Here is how I updated my PDQ server's OS last time (2012 R2 -> 2016):
- Spin up a new server on Windows Server 2016 (or your desired OS)
- Install the PDQ software on the new server
- Cut access to the old PDQ server to ensure no changes to its database/configuration, I did this by having everyone close their consoles and then killing the services on the server
- Make sure none of the PDQ services are running on the new server
- Copy the database files from the old server to the new one
- Start up the services on the new server and make sure that it works as expected on the server itself
- Connect my workstation's console to the new PDQ server and make sure it works as expected
- Instruct the rest of the users to connect their consoles to the new server
I believe I copied over all my settings/preferences manually, but I'm sure there's a way to export/import those as well.
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Nathan Tong

May 22, 2020 05:40
Hi Luke,, thanks for the reply. I think I'll take a snapshot and try an in-place upgrade. See how it goes.

If it all goes to hell, I'll do a migration like what you describe above.

Thanks,

Nathan
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