https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sims-4-2-to-5-0-upgrade-path/m-p/3674177#M16491 Hi Rancher,<BR /><BR />One tip I can give you is to image the server prior to the upgrade. I use TrueImage from Acronis, but Symantec Ghost or other product would work just as well.<BR /><BR />My first attempt blew everything up, but using TrueImage I was able to go back to the image I created right before the upgrade and try again. After correcting the problem, my second attempt to upgrade worked fine.<BR /><BR />My problem was I was using an account different from the account I had used to originally install the product.<BR /><BR />So another piece of advice would be to make sure you login for the upgrade with the same account that you used to install the original product.<BR /><BR />Good luck<BR />(TrueImage is the bomb! I would be in a world of hurt without it).<BR />Nelson Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:47:52 GMT NJK-Work 2005-11-17T15:47:52Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sims-4-2-to-5-0-upgrade-path/m-p/3674176#M16490 After reading about all of the issues with 5.0, and having some issues myself, I would like some advice on the best way to upgrade to this version. <BR /><BR />I am currently running 4.2 on a BL 20p G2 with Windows 2003. Recently I upgraded the agents to 7.40 on the Sims server and somehow lost contact with all of my Ilo's. The Riloe's are showing just fine. I rolled back to 7.30 but this did not fix the missing Ilo's. For clarification purposes, if I go to the server homepage, the Ilo is there, just not on the All Systems page. <BR /><BR />I also applied an HP patch to my Sims server, after which I could not even log into Insight Manager. It reported that Java was not installed. I could never fix this and had to reinstall the Insight Manager software. <BR /><BR />For secutiy resons, I would also like to change the SNMP community strings. So far, I have had no luck with that either.<BR /><BR />The system is stable, but I am not sure of its reporting reliabliity at this point.<BR /><BR />Should I upgrade, or wipe everything clean and do a fresh install from the ground up? Also, if this step is taken, are there any tips/tricks that would make setting up 5.0 any differnt from 4.2? (I have read the documentation.) Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:33:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sims-4-2-to-5-0-upgrade-path/m-p/3674176#M16490 Rancher 2005-11-17T14:33:15Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sims-4-2-to-5-0-upgrade-path/m-p/3674177#M16491 Hi Rancher,<BR /><BR />One tip I can give you is to image the server prior to the upgrade. I use TrueImage from Acronis, but Symantec Ghost or other product would work just as well.<BR /><BR />My first attempt blew everything up, but using TrueImage I was able to go back to the image I created right before the upgrade and try again. After correcting the problem, my second attempt to upgrade worked fine.<BR /><BR />My problem was I was using an account different from the account I had used to originally install the product.<BR /><BR />So another piece of advice would be to make sure you login for the upgrade with the same account that you used to install the original product.<BR /><BR />Good luck<BR />(TrueImage is the bomb! I would be in a world of hurt without it).<BR />Nelson Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:47:52 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sims-4-2-to-5-0-upgrade-path/m-p/3674177#M16491 NJK-Work 2005-11-17T15:47:52Z