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Prerequisites 

Before upgrading, we suggest that you review the release notes to ensure you understand what has changed. You can access the release notes here.

If you are upgrading to Version 9 for the first time, we encourage you to review the Version 9 Change Management document which you can find here.

You can download the latest patch installer for your platform from the Yellowfin Releases section on the Support Portal – note a login to the Support Portal is required to access patch installers.

Preparation

Before running the patch installer, please perform the following steps:

  1. Take a backup of the Yellowfin configuration database.
  2. Shutdown the Yellowfin Server.

 

Upgrades to Yellowfin Builds

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This documentation describes the Yellowfin 7.3 release. Details of what's new since 7.2 can be found in the Release Notes.

To apply a patch to a Yellowfin installation, please follow these steps:

  1. Backup the Yellowfin configuration database
  2. Shutdown the Yellowfin server
    1. If you are running Yellowfin as a Windows service, stop the service.
    2. If you are running Yellowfin from the Windows Start Menu, please select "Stop Yellowfin Server" from the Start Menu.
    3. If you are running Yellowfin as a Linux command link, please run Yellowfin/appserver/bin/shutdown.sh.
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Run the patch

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Welcome Screen

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The In the welcome screen is the first screen in the installation process. It informs you what version of Yellowfin you are updating to. Click the Next button to continue, or click the Quit button at any time to exit the installation process, click the arrow to start installation or it will automatically continue after 15 seconds.


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Select the language, the default language will be displayed based on the user’s machine settings, click Next.


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License Agreement

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Accept the Software License Agreement. The Yellowfin end-user software agreement is available hereThe terms and conditions page lists the Yellowfin Software Licence agreement.
When you have read the licence agreement check the "I accept the terms of this licence agreement" radio button to agree and click the next button to continue.


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Installation Path

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Search and select the location of the Yellowfin installation that you want to upgrade.

Once you confirm the installation location, click Update to start the upgradeYou will have to define the installation directory for your current version of Yellowfin. This will default to different directories based on the operating system you are installing to.
When you have chosen your installation destination click the next button to continue.


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Update

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The bar shows This screen will enable you to observe the progress of the software update. Depending on the server hardware and software capacity this could take a few minutes.
You will be able to click next to move to the next window once the installation is completeinstallation, once completed, click Finish to conclude the upgrade process.


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Installation Completion

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This screen will be displayed at the end of a successful update of the Yellowfin Application Server.
Click the Done button to complete the update procedureshows the details of how to start the upgraded Yellowfin installation, based on your chosen platform. Click Close to exit the patch installer.


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Note

If you use a the Yellowfin web service client library for web service integration, then make sure to upgrade it to the latest yfws.jar.

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yfws file can be found at the builds download page.

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