Moving NEOSYS

Moving NEOSYS to new servers

Make sure you disable old systems BEFORE you enable new systems.

You cannot count on users to pay attention to WHICH system they are using so its up to you to prevent access to the old system PRIOR to opening a new system for them.

Failure to follow this procedure OFTEN results in chaos in the clients procedures. Missing invoices, etc etc etc.

Changing drive letter to match old drive letter

Backup and restore of IIS configuration

How to deauthorisation a NEOSYS installation

Deauthorisation removes the authorisation and gives a pair of "authorisation numbers" that can be run through a check to prove that deauthorisation has been done.

After deauthorisation you cannot use NEOSYS. If you try then it will ask for authorisation again and you cannot use the original authorisation number to reauthorise it.

In NEOSYS Maintenance mode press F5 then type

DEAUTHORISE

... and answer all the questions properly.

At the final stage it will give you the "deauthorisation numbers" which consist of the original computer number plus another number. These numbers should not be lost and should be given to NEOSYS who will verify they are correct.

Reinstating live system from backup system and shifting back

This process should be done only when all the users are offline.

To move the data form live to backup server and restore it back, follow the steps mention below:

Before restoring the data from live server to backup server and viceversa, do a manual back (If Required) and run the backup.adlined task on backup server.

Steps to stop adline dubai process to start:

1. Un-ticked automatic backup from the configuration file at adline dubai server.
2. Renamed Global.end.temp to Global.end
3. Disabled schedule task (Copy adline2adltest & start adlined)
4. Disabled backup.adlined task at ADLINED2 server to avoid backup of adlined > adlined2
5. After doing this start adlined processes at ADLINED2 server and tick the automatic backup option in the configure file.
6. Email client giving the new URL to access NEOSYS.
7. Ask the IT guy to plug-in the backup USB to the server and configure the drive letter on the configuration file in neosys.

Steps to restore adlined dataset back to adlined server (Live server)

ATTENTION: Send a mail to the client staff, saying neosys will be down from XXXX hours and they should logout from neosys before the XXXX hours and save their work. If possible co-ordinate with IT guy/Responsible person to follow up and make sure that users logout on the decided time. Once all the users are offline, Block all users to access neosys.

1. Take a manual backup of the dataset you want to move to a removable drive (Flash/USB drive)
2. Once the backup is completed, go to the configuration file and un-tick the automatic backup from the configuration file.
3. Now unplug the USB from the backup server and plug it on main server.
4. Before doing a restore read the below note very carefully.
5. Now log in to maintenance process and go to General > Backup & Data Management, select Restore from disk or diskette (which is no 4), select the back drive and follow the prompts ahead.
6. Now enable all the task disabled which were disabled on adlined server earlier and enable backup.adlined schedule task on adlined2 server.

NOTE:

REMEMBER THAT RESTORE = first DELETE! and then RESTORE

Chat for reference:

DELETE MEANS YOU SHOULD BE FRIGHTENED >> AND THEREFORE TAKE A COPY

In this case you KNOW you have a good working copy of the data on the backup server so DELETING+RESTORE on the main server is not very frightening .. but STILL .. play SAFE .. take a COPY OF WHAT YOU DELETE DURING RESTORE maybe you can add this chat to wiki as well as my email