Qlikview Upgrade in Multi Servers

[asr587]

Hello @Chip_Matejowsky ,

As we have recently completed the Qlikview Upgrade to May 2022 Version in development server which is working as expected as of now.

And it's time to upgrade Qlikview in production but here the scenario is different for us ,as we have 2 production servers.

In one server, we have DSC,QDS,QMS services are present and in other server QVS,QVWS are present.

Here are my Questions ,

1.Do I Need to follow the same upgrade in procedure in both of the server which I did in dev server or is there any other approaches ?

2.Do I need to install the same set up (Did it in dev server) files in both the prod servers ?

Please help me on my questions and let me know if there are any other challenges ?

Thanks in advance.

[Maria_Halley · Accepted solution]

@asr587 

You should only install the services you need on the Servers.

There are instruction for upgrading multi node site here

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview/May2022/Subsystems/Server/Content/QV_Server/QlikView-Server/QVS...

[Jill_Masinde · Accepted solution]

@asr587   In addition to link provided by Maria here are some useful links for Upgrading and Migrating Best Practices for QlikView Services Config, Settings.ini and QVB Settings.ini Files 

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Upgrading-and-Migrating-Best-Practices-for-Q...

https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/A-QlikView-Upgrade-Guide/ta-p/1713389

Though the instructions are written with a QlikView 11.20 environment as the base install, the procedure can be applied to all QlikView versions.

 

[Chip_Matejowsky]

Hi  @asr587,

Both @Maria_Halley  and @Jill_Masinde  have provided great information. One other item would be to review the Release Notes for all versions between your current version and the version you are upgrading to, as they will provide information on changes to the product and bug fixes that were introduced.

Best Regards

[asr587]

Hello All,

From the below screenshots ,can you please confirm me what to select for two server as I mentioned for the services in that 2 servers.

(In one server, we have DSC,QDS,QMS services are present and in other server QVS,QVWS are present.)

I'm bit confused here what to select from the profiles related to services.

Please briefly explain me to not facing any issues during the upgrade.

Thanks in advance.

[Chip_Matejowsky · Accepted solution]

Hi @asr587,

As @Maria_Halley previously stated, only install the services that are needed on the server.

So for the server where you have DSC,QDS,QMS services installed, you would select the Custom Installation, select profiles radio button and tick the Reload/Distribution Engine, Management Console checkboxes. For the server where you have QVS, QVWS services installed, you would select he Custom Installation, select profiles radio button and tick the QlikView Server and Webserver checkboxes. 

Best Regards

[asr587]

Hi @Chip_Matejowsky 

Many Thanks for the detailed information.

One more query,I can see that the Qlikview Directory Service connector in presented in both the production servers.

It will install automatically with out selecting any profiles or it's common service in any instillation ?

Please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.

[asr587]

Hi @Chip_Matejowsky  @Maria_Halley @Jill_Masinde  

One more query,I can see that the Qlikview Directory Service connector in presented in both the production servers.

It will install automatically with out selecting any profiles or it's common service in any instillation ?

Please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.

[Maria_Halley]

@asr587 

If you install a QlikView it does. I assume that if you don't have one, you can't log in to configure the Server. 

Do you agree @Chip_Matejowsky ?