Upgrade of DataSight Installations

Upgrade of DataSight Installations

The procedure to upgrade a DataSight installation is as follows:

STEP 1 - Upgrade DataSight Administrator and DataSight Database
1. Uninstall existing copy of DataSight Administrator.
2. Download and Install the latest DataSight Administrator.
3. Upgrade your DataSight Version 3 Database using the latest copy of DataSight Administrator. (Please refer to the Database Upgrades section of DataSight Administrator's help manual on how to upgrade a DataSight database).

STEP 2 - Upgrade DataSight Client Application (From user Computers)
1. Uninstall existing copy of DataSight.
2. Download and install the latest version of DataSight.
3. Execute DataSight, enter your connection details and try to connect to your DataSight database. If there is a licensing error, please install your existing license key to upgrade your license copy. You can follow the steps bellow for installing a DataSight license.

DataSight License Installation
In order to authenticate your license key, you must have Administrator Rights on the local computer.

Note

If you are required to re-authenticate your license please ensure you do have Administrator Rights.  Overtyping a license key, or trying to re-authenticate without this right, may cause an installation error.


Before attempting to authenticate your license, please make sure that:
· the License key is valid.
· the License key has not been previously installed on another system.
· the System is connected to the internet during authentication process.
· the System grants you administrator rights.

Follow one of the methods below based on your needs:


Method 1: Authenticate a DataSight license key via the internet
1. Launch DataSight.
2.The DataSight evaluation prompt will appear. Click Install License.
3.To install a license, type or paste in your DataSight License Key.
Then click Install. DataSight will authenticate the license key first. This may take some time depending on your internet speed, during which the status flashes "authenticating".

Note

If your internet connectivity is interrupted at any point during the authentication, you will be given the choice to save the license to a file to allow offline authentication. Then follow Method 2.

5.The license status will be updated if authentication is successful.

Note

New DataSight user licenses have a 90 day expiry until such time that payment in received in full. Once payment is fully received, the license expiry will be removed and you will simply need to re-authenticate your license.


Method 2: Authenticate a DataSight license key using offline authentication
  1. When you are not connected to the internet, you will be prompted to save your license file during your attempt to install DataSight's license key. It can then be sent for offline authentication.
  2. Click Yes when the Authentication Error Window appears to save a copy of your license file ( *.Lic).
  3. Navigate to https://authenticate.datasight.cloud/AuthenticationServer/AuthenticateFile.aspx to upload the unauthenticated file and download the authenticated file.
    1. Alternatively, please email support@datasight.cloud with this license file, for the license file to be authenticated and emailed back to you.
  4. When you receive your authenticated license file back, access the Install DataSight License Window either via the DataSight Evaluation Window upon launching DataSight, or from the File/License/Register Menu.
    5.Register the authenticated license using the Load License button.
    6.Select your license file from the browser.
    7.Then click Install.
    8.Your license key is now installed and you may start working on DataSight.

    Remember: Save your authenticated license
    Once a license has been installed it can be saved to an external file using the Save License button. This enables you to backup licenses to enable re-installation (for instance after an OS reinstall) without having to re-authenticate the license.


    Step 3 - Upgrade DataSight Service Manager
    1. Uninstall DataSight Service Manager.
    2. Download and install DataSight Service manager.
    3. Run DataSight Service Manager and Navigate to General Tab, verify the entries for service Username, Password and SMTP details are valid and then click Save (It is very important that you click the save button before running the service as the user used by the DataSight service for accessing Shared Network folders must be set under Windows Services before starting DataSight Service).
    4. Navigate to Service Status and click Start to start the service. (Please note service manager checks and executes any pending tasks upon starting).
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