Migration Guide for Allegro Platform Products
Allegro EDM (previously ADW)
October 2019 104 Product Version 17.4-2019
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Updating Allegro EDM Component Database
You can migrate the Allegro EDM component database from release 16.6 to the current
release either by:
■ Upgrading a 16.6 Allegro EDM server to 17.2
■ Setting up a New 17.2 Server
Before you migrate the database, do the following:
1. Ensure that all the library elements are checked in.
2. Create backup copies of:
❑ 16.6 Allegro EDM Reference Library ( of the 16.6 server)
❑ 16.6 Allegro EDM Conf Root ( of the 16.6 environment)
Upgrading a 16.6 Allegro EDM server to 17.2
To migrate an existing 16.6 server to a 17.2 server on the same system, do the following:
1. Stop the 16.6 Allegro EDM server. To stop the server on Linux, see Stopping the Allegro
EDM service on Linux. To stop it on Windows, do the following:
Using Command Prompt
a. Open the command prompt. Use the elevated command prompt for Windows 7.
b. Navigate to \server\bin.
Using Allegro EDM Configuration Manager
a. Navigate to \conf.
b. Right-click the conf.bat file and choose Run as administrator.
The Allegro EDM Configuration Manager window appears.
c. Click Set up or Manage Allegro EDM Servers.
The Server Management Dashboard appears displaying all the configured
servers.
d. Right-click the server node to be reconfigured.
e. Select Stop Allegro EDM Server.
