topic Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69435#M1249489 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>what should be included in the backup?</P><P>We just copy it to the new server without any update to settings?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:03:35 GMT dafnis14 2018-03-08T07:03:35Z Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69433#M1249481 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>What is the best way to move to a new server and upgrade to QV12 (from QV11)?</P><P>We can't upgrade on the old server because of incompatibility to QV12.</P><P>I looked at some materials and discussions, but not quite sure they are appropriate for our scenario.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69433#M1249481 dafnis14 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69434#M1249486 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; color: #3d3d3d;">I would suggest doing a backup of your server first, you will not need to uninstall but can just run the install right away.</P><P style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; color: #3d3d3d;">All your applications created in QV11 using standard functionality should work fine, though macros and extensions might no longer work.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 06:48:20 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69434#M1249486 prma7799 2018-03-08T06:48:20Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69435#M1249489 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>what should be included in the backup?</P><P>We just copy it to the new server without any update to settings?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:03:35 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69435#M1249489 dafnis14 2018-03-08T07:03:35Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69436#M1249492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You should take back up for entire QlikTech folder from C drive </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:17:01 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69436#M1249492 prma7799 2018-03-08T07:17:01Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69437#M1249494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You should definitely back up</P><UL><LI>%ProgramData%\QlikTech directory</LI><LI>%ProgramFiles%\QlikView directory</LI><LI>Root Directory (confirm location in QMC &gt; System &gt; Setup &gt; QlikView Servers &gt; QVS@ &gt; Folders tab)</LI></UL><P></P><P>See <A href="https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/November2017/Subsystems/Server/Content/QlikView-Server/QVSRM_Prerequisites.htm">Upgrading QlikView</A> in the Qlik online help.</P><P></P><P>Once upgrade is complete, you'll want to ensure that your Source documents and User documents are stored on separate file paths.</P><P></P><P>Hope this helps!</P><P>-Chip</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:53:57 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69437#M1249494 Chip_Matejowsky 2018-03-08T15:53:57Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69438#M1249496 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Chip,</P><P></P><P>Thanks for elaborating.</P><P>My concern was regarding what to transfer from the old server, and whether we can use a replication of the old server, and then upgrade the replication.</P><P>But since the servers have different OS, I guess we'll have to install QV12 on the new server, and proceed from there...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:32:55 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69438#M1249496 dafnis14 2018-03-09T05:32:55Z Re: Moving to a new server & Upgrading to QV12 https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69439#M1249498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>bckup QVPR and move source file to new server.</P><P></P><P>Run the tasks on new server.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:34:48 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Moving-to-a-new-server-Upgrading-to-QV12/m-p/69439#M1249498 vchoudh2 2018-03-22T20:34:48Z