Before running SMOP Upgrade, gather the following information and/or follow these steps:
Have administrative access to the SMOP server
Have following information from your present SMOP installation:
SMOP virtual directory path
SMOP database information
If using external database server, name of server (or IP address)
If using local database server (SQL Server 2005 Express Edition) - the instance name (if not the default instance)
sa account
sa password
db_smop password - you can find this from the database configuration section in SMOP Admin.
port that is being used for SQL Server (default is 1433)
SMOP administrative group - you can find this in the Options/Preferences - Active Directory section.
SMOP has two different setups depending on whether you are upgrading or doing a fresh installation.
They are as follows:
SMOPSetup.exe: This file is a self extracting executable file that will extract the full SMOP installation. Please see the release notes about some precautions to take when using the full installation.
SMOP11UpgradeSetup.exe: This is for existing SMOP customers and will upgrade your present SMOP 1.0 installation to SMOP 1.1.
Once you have gathered the required information, you may proceed to upgrade SMOP.