Updating and Repairs
The recommended way to update enaio® is maintenance mode. When installing enaio® on a computer, the setup saves information about the installation in the Windows registry. If an enaio® setup is run again, it will recognize the existing installation and offer the options Modify, Update, and Remove. To perform an update, select the Update option, which is also available for the following installation types:
- Server installation
- Client installation
It is not possible to update versions lower than 8.50 in maintenance mode.
The update replaces all executable files (*.exe), runtime libraries (*.dll), documentation, help files, etc. Neither modified configurations and created documents nor database entries will be affected by the update.
Backups
Backups must always be run prior to an update.
This particularly involves the following areas:
- Registry entries (from the subkey HKLM\Software\OPTIMAL SYSTEMS onwards at least)
- Database
- Work, Note, and Cache areas
- Application directories of the servers and the clients
- The etc directory of the server containing the configuration files
Update Requirements
The following requirements have to be fulfilled for the update:
- The computer hardware meets minimum requirements.
- The operating system meets the minimum requirements.
- The logged-in user has administrator rights at operating system level.
- The logged-in user has write access to the Windows registry.
- The logged-in user has write access to the %Windir%\System32 directory.
- The logged-in user has write access to the installation directory and to all subdirectories.
- All files to be replaced are currently not in use. To do so, close all enaio® applications and all applications that lock enaio® components such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc. on the installation computer. In addition, all network user sessions must be closed so that enaio® components are not locked due to network access.