Before you upgrade your PlateSpin Protect software to version 11.1:
(Conditional) If any of your containers are VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 or 4.0, upgrade them to version 4.1, 5.1, or 5.5. For more information, see Supported VM Containers
in the PlateSpin Protect User Guide.
Pause your replication schedules.
Make a record of any customized .config parameters controlling the server’s default behavior.
Back up your database files. See Section 2.1.1, Backing Up Your Database Files.
Use the following procedure to manually back up the Microsoft SQL Server database file that resides on the same server as PlateSpin Protect. You can use the backup file if you need to roll back.
On your server host, stop Microsoft SQL services:
On the Start menu, click Run, type services.msc, then click OK.
In the Services window, right-click the SQL Server items, then select Stop.
Copy all *.mdf and *.ldf files to a location outside the product installation directory. The default location of these files is:
\Program Files\PlateSpin Protect Server\Database
Restart MS SQL services that you stopped in Step 1.
NOTE:This procedure assumes a database installed on the same server with your PlateSpin Protect Server. Steps for backing up an external SQL server would be similar, though the paths to the *.mdf and *.ldf files would be specific to your SQL server.