Installation and Configuration Guide - Axceleon

E N F U Z I O N F O R R E N D E R F A R M S I N S T A L L A T I O N A N D C O N F I G U R A T I O N G U I D EChapter77 Upgrading a Previous Installation of EnFuzionThis Chapter provides key information on how to upgrade an existing installation of EnFuzion. All current usersof EnFuzion should consult this chapter before performing an upgrade. Key topics addressed in this chapterare:Planning an EnFuzion upgradeUpdating your EnFuzion license fileRe-hosting your EnFuzion Control Root ComputerManaging different versions of EnFuzionStart/stop EnFuzion servicesChoosing between the EnFuzion Setup Wizard and the EnFuzion command-line setup programHow to install EnFuzion using the command line setup programUpgrading your EnFuzion installation7.1 Planning an EnFuzion UpgradeTo plan for an orderly upgrade of EnFuzion on your render farm, please note the following recommendedsteps:Stop EnFuzion services associated with your current version of EnFuzion. For more detail on this,please see the section below titled Start/Stop EnFuzion Services.Back up your current EnFuzion installation directory.It is not necessary to uninstall an older version of EnFuzion before updating it.Install a new version of EnFuzion on the EnFuzion Control Root Computer, all the User SubmitComputers and all the Compute Nodes. We recommend that you always install EnFuzion at thesame location so that your new installation will be able to find your user files at their default locations.The EnFuzion services associated with the new version of EnFuzion should be started by defaultduring the installation process. If for any reason (blocked ports, anti-virus programs) the EnFuzionprocesses fail to start, you can manually start the necessary EnFuzion processes after you resolve the55