Migration Guide for Allegro Platform Products
Allegro EDM (previously ADW)
October 2019 86 Product Version 17.4-2019
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Note: If the 17.2 Master Library Server had been configured as a service, you will have
to first remove the service. To remove the service, do the following:
a. Run the 17.2 Allegro EDM Configuration Manager, right-click the server node, and
select Configure Server Options. The Configure Server Options wizard starts.
b. Click Next. Deselect the Configure Allegro EDM Server to run as a Service
check box. Continue clicking Next until you click Finish.
2. Copy the 17.2 from MACHINE_X to another folder, say Folder_A.
Before you run Allegro EDM Configuration Manager from the 17.4 installation directory,
If you want a backup of the 17.2 server settings, do either of the following two steps to
ensure that your existing 17.2 configuration settings are not altered by the 17.4 setup:
❑ Take a backup of /adw. This folder contains the 17.2
server settings (settings.ini).
❑ Before launching Allegro EDM Configuration Manager, set the value of the
variable to a different location.
3. From the 17.4 /server/bin path, do
the following:
❑ For Windows, double-click vista.bat on MACHINE_X.
❑ For Linux, type vista in a terminal.
Pulse Service Manager starts. Its icon will be visible in your system tray.
4. Click on the Pulse Service Manager icon and select Manage.
