Crypt-o documentation - Upgrade

Upgrade

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To upgrade an existing installation of Crypt-o to the latest version do the following:

 

•Download the latest Crypt-o Setup package using this link: https://www.soft-o.com/products/crypt-o/download.html

 

•Run the Crypt-o Setup package on a computer where Crypt-o Server is running. The setup will update the existing installation automatically. Crypt-o Server can accept connections from older versions of Crypt-o Clients. See the Upgrade section in Release notes for the latest version of Crypt-o for details regarding what older versions of the Client are supported by the Server.

 

•To update Crypt-o Clients run the Setup package on client computers. The setup will update the existing installation automatically. Run the setup either manually or automate its deployment using Group Policy or other tools.

 

NOTE: It is not needed to uninstall an existing version of Crypt-o before the upgrade. The setup package will update the existing installation automatically.

Upgrading your licenses

Crypt-o licenses are valid for a given major version (1.x, 2.x, 3.x, etc). Therefore it is not needed to purchase a new licenses when you upgrade to a new minor version of Crypt-o of the same major version as your licenses. E.g. if you own licenses for Crypt-o 3.x you can upgrade from version 3.0 to version 3.1 and your licenses remain valid.

 

If you own Crypt-o licenses of an older major version (e.g. 1.x or 2.x), you are eligible for upgrade to the current major version at 50% discount of the full price.

NOTE: When you install a newer major version of Crypt-o over your existing installation of an older major version, the new version will be fully functional for 30 days. So you can test all new features and have time to purchase upgrade licenses while using the new version.

 

To purchase upgrade licenses do the following:

 

•Install the latest version of Crypt-o on the server computer over your existing installation of an older major version of Crypt-o;
•Run the client application;
•Log on as a user with administrator privileges;
•Select the Help - About... in the menu to open the About window;
•Follow the upgrade link in the About window.

Restoring a previous version of Crypt-o

Sometimes it is needed to restore a previous version of Crypt-o - the upgrade has not gone smoothly or there are bugs in the new version.

 

Please follow these steps to perform the downgrade:

 

•Run a setup package of an older version of Crypt-o on a computer where Crypt-o Server is running.

 

•Run Crypt-o Client on the server computer and try to log on. If you get a database structure error, you need to restore a backup file which was made automatically before upgrading the database structure.
By default backup files are located in the backup sub-folder in the data folder of Crypt-o Server. The default location of backup files is C:\Program Files (x86)\Crypt-o\data\backup.
Look for a recent backup file named db-vX.Y.Z-before-upgrade-DATE_TIME.bak. Since you can't log on to perform the restore using Crypt-o Client, you need to restore from a backup file using the command line.

 

•Downgrade client installations by running the setup package.