{"id":79141,"date":"2017-08-28T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/your-guide-to-upgrading-arcgis-enterprise\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:14:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:14:31","slug":"your-guide-to-upgrading-arcgis-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/analytics\/analytics\/your-guide-to-upgrading-arcgis-enterprise","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise"},"author":7001,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341],"tags":[23391],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-79141","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","tag-spatial-analytics","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"One of the best things about the User Conference every year is the ability for us to speak to many of you in person at the Esri Showcase....","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

One of the best things about the User Conference every year is the ability for us to speak to many of you in person at the Esri Showcase. This year was no different and the ArcGIS Enterprise team was busy<\/em> at our area all three days it was open.<\/p>\n

A topic that is on many of your minds is upgrading from previous releases<\/a> to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5.1 (hot off the presses from just a couple of weeks prior to the conference). After all, going to the conference and seeing the new and shiny functionality of the latest releases makes everyone want that same functionality when they go back home. We love that enthusiasm and want to help you upgrade your ArcGIS Enterprise software.<\/p>\n

Often, we hear that upgrading software is a scary process with many concerns about how to go about an upgrade in the best possible way. While our friends on the ArcGIS Online team get to ask everyone to just refresh their browsers, there\u2019s a bit more work involved in upgrading software that you\u2019ve installed and need to maintain yourself.<\/p>\n

Upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise software doesn\u2019t have to be scary! In this blog post, we wanted to outline some best practices and advice to help you plan and make your upgrade process smooth and uneventful.<\/p>\n

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First, let\u2019s make sure we speak the same language. Many of you may be running just ArcGIS Server today. ArcGIS Server is a part of ArcGIS Enterprise<\/a>, but a standalone ArcGIS Server installation is somewhat different from a deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise which contains several additional components like Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Data Store. We\u2019ll talk about both in this blog post.<\/p>\n

Before any upgrade: make a backup<\/h2>\n

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Any upgrade of a production system should start with step 0: make a backup of the existing system. If anything bad happens, for any reason, you always want to be able to roll back to the original state.<\/p>\n

Depending on the version you\u2019re upgrading from, the deployment type, and your operating environment, you have several choices for making backups. We suggest making backups in each of the ways supported by your environment and version, so you can roll back in the least time-consuming way possible should you ever need to.<\/p>\n