Prepare the new system
On the new system, prepare for transferring the configuration by completing the following steps:
Distributed System Note: Stop the services on the Application Server.
- Close all PME applications and use the Windows Services application to stop the following services on the Application Server (there are no PME services running on the Database Server):
- ApplicationModules AlarmServiceHost
- ApplicationModules CoreServicesHost
- ApplicationModules DataServicesHost
- ApplicationModules ProviderEngineHost
- ION Alert Monitor
- ION Component Identifier Service
- ION Connection Management Service
- ION Diagnostics And Usage
- ION Event Watcher Service
- ION Log Inserter Service * (Disable the ION Log Inserter Service after stopping it. See * below.)
- ION Managed Circuit Service
- ION Network Router Service
- ION OPC Data Access Server
- ION PQDIF Exporter Service
- ION Query Service
- ION Real Time Data Service
- ION Report Subscription Service
- ION Site Service
- ION Software Alarm Service
- ION Software Modbus Gateway Service
- ION Virtual Processor Service
- ION Virtual Processor Service -NVIP.PQADVISOR
- ION XML Subscription Service
- ION XML Subscription Store Service
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- * If this service starts accidentally before all changes are made, the database may become inoperable, a state from which it is difficult to recover.
- Ensure all services are stopped before proceeding.
- Some services may have Startup Type set to Manual and may not be running.
- ION services automatically restart when the computer is rebooted.
- Until the PME installer automatically starts all the necessary ION services as part of the upgrade configuration, the ION services must remain stopped.