Upgrade MediaBin 4.5.2 to 4.5.3

System

Hi there,

I sent a mail to support but, I would like to also hear what others have done in this process.

We are planning on upgrading our MediaBin servers from 4.5.2 to 4.5.3 unless there is a newer version instead? 4.6 is not out yet, right?

We currently bought a brand new server and the actual upgrade time is not of any concern. What is recommended upgrade procedure?

This is what I was thinking. Maybe you have a document of this already? ;-)

*** Preparation ***
1. Lock out access to users. (We disable a web site link.)
2. Manual backup of the MediaBin permissions to a SQL table.
3. Manual backup of the Windows Groups to a backup file.
4. Stop MBPServer Service.
5. Disable all of our custom Windows scheduled tasks.
6. Disable all of our custom backend exe processes.
7. Manual backup of the ImageDB folder.
8. Manual backup of 4.5.2 SQL mdf and ldf to a backup file.

*** Perform Upgrade ***
1. Run MediaBin upgrade against the SQL 2000 database.
2. Manual backup of 4.5.3 SQL mdf and ldf to a backup file.

*** Configure New Server ***
1. Install SQL Server 2005 on the new machine.
2. Install SQL Server 2005 SP1.
3. Lock down SQL security accounts.
4. Restore ImageDb files to the new server location.
5. Restore the 4.5.3 SQL backup file to the new SQL server backup folder.
6. Restore backup of the MediaBin permissions to a SQL table.
7. Restore backup of the Windows Groups to a backup file.

*** Install MediaBin 4.5.3 ***
1. Install MediaBin 4.5.3 on new server.
2. Stop MBPServer service.
3. Restore 4.5.3 SQL backup file to the new SQL server.
4. Modify the [MediaBin Repository].[MBSettings] table with the following.
a. FilePath
b. InstallDirectory
c. IPAddress
d. MBDataDirectory
e. ServerDomainName
f. ServerDomainName
5. Start MBPServer service.
6. Finish installing and configuring MediaBin per the installation documentation.

*** Questions ***
1. Can the upgrade from 4.5.2 -> 4.5.3 be done on a SQL2K?
2. Is there a change to the MBPScriptModel2.dll API?
3. Is there a change to the MediaBin Web Service API?
4. Are there any changes to the permissions model for Windows Groups?