Meghdoot 6.6 Released on 14/09/2009 - Upgradation procedure

Meghdoot 6.6 Released on 14/09/2009 - Click Me

Upgradation procedure : Download


Meghdoot 6.6 Upgradation requires the following activities in the same sequence

Up gradation should be started only after completing the submission of all accounts and generation of all relevant reports and the completion of day end in all packages.

* Updating the Client installation files
*Upgrading the databases

Please go through the Check-List and act as per the check List.


One important thing to be noted is that all modules should be of version 6.6, otherwise Meghdoot applications will be out of synchronization and operations will not be executed as expected.

A. Updating the Client installation files

1. To upgrade to Version 6.6, for all packages, installation of new Server Component is not required.
2. Uninstall the client components using Add Remove Programs option from the client machines and delete the installation folder.
3. Before uninstalling ePayment client, emo Client, take the Backup of RXD,TXD folders along with config.XML file. And the above folders should be restored after the new installation. For Accounts MIS Client take the backup of data folder and “AccountsMISclient.exe.config” file (This is compulsory. Kindly adhere to this step without fail).
4. Search for pointo**.cab and subac**.cab and treasu**.cab files in the System32 folder and delete them before installing the new client component of Point of Sale, Subaccounts, treasury respectively in the client systems.
5. Install the client component on required client computers (Please follow the instruction noted above at Point number 4 without fail).

Note

If SubAccounts package is installed/ upgraded before installation/Up gradation of Point of Sale, Point of sale up gradation will not be possible. It will give an error “Script File Corrupted”.


B. Upgrading the Database

Database can be upgraded using the Script tool Software. The up gradation script should be selected from the Database upgrades folder available in the installation CD. Before upgrading the databases, please take a full backup of all the databases. (This is mandatory).

POINT OF SALE:

1 Upgrade the Counter and IPO databases using scripttool Software. The scripts to be selected from Database upgrades folder are: Counter.exl and IPO.exl,ecounter.exl,emo.exl. The actual sequence is available in the CheckList.

2 Install Speed net communication for Point of Sale, if both Speed Net and Point of Sale are not connected through Network.

After Up gradation of PointOfSale Epayment option can be enabled using the option Enable additional services. If Epayment is selected ECounter database will be created and EVP and EPayment transactions will be enabled. In the case of fresh installation if Epayment option is selected then ECounter database will be created and Epayment and EVPTransactions will be enabled.

To enable the eMoney Order option in Point of Sale, the eMO module should be installed and the office should be registered with Central Server for eMoney Order operations.
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TREASURY

Upgrade the Treasury database using scripttool Software. Select Treasury.exl file available in the folder Database upgrades in the Meghdoot 6.6 installation CD.


POST MAN
Upgrade the POSTMAN database using scripttool. Select postman.exl available in the folder database upgrades in the Meghdoot 6.6 installation CD.

ACCOUNTS

Upgrading Accounts, Income Tax,cashbook and NPC database

1 Copy the entire contents of Accountsfix folder databaseupgrades\accounts fix folder in the CD to your hard disk.
2 Right click on the copied folder and click on Properties option. Uncheck the Read Only property of the folder.
3 Open the folder and double click on AccountsFix.exe this will upgrade the Accounts and Income Tax databases. If Income Tax database does not exist, it will create it.

If you want to delete NPC and Cash Book databases and want to start those modules afresh do the following:-

After up gradation of Accounts package to version 6.6, if NPC to be started afresh without going for up gradation of NPC Database:

Delete the NPC database through SQL Enterprise Manager
Select NPC Module from the list and start it.
When the NPC database is not available, it will ask the drive letter to create the new NPC database. Now you may specify the drive letter to create the NPC database afresh and work with fresh data entry.

After up gradation of Accounts package to version 6.6, if Cash Book to be started afresh without going for up gradation of Cash Book database:

Delete the Cashbook database through SQL Enterprise Manager
Login to General Module and select Print Cash Book option under Cash Book menu.
When the Cash Book database is not available, it will ask the drive letter to create the new Cash Book database. Now you may specify the drive letter to create the database afresh and work with fresh data entry.

ACCOUNTS PBS:

Accounts must be installed and configured properly before the Up gradation of Accounts PBS package.

Upgrading Schedule Database

Upgrade the Schedule database using scripttool application. Select the file schedule.exl available in the folder database upgrades available in the installation CD.

ePayment Client

Upgrade the Ecounter database using Database workshop sites. Select the file ecounter.eql available in the folder database upgrades available in the installation CD.



If Meghdoot databases are directly updated from versions other than 6.4, Please execute PTCLogins6.4.exe. to update the logins. Otherwise Meghdoot applications will not work properly.

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Instructions To Administrators

1. Take a Print-out of the Check-List and carry-out the checks and mark them completed as and when one step is completed so that there will not be any miss-outs
2. Install all the relevant Pre requisites before installing any Package
3. Install or Upgrade all the packages together.
4. Ensure that all packages are upgraded to version 6.6 before starting work.
5. Upgrade/Install them strictly following the sequence mentioned in ‘up-gradation procedure’ file.
6. Before uninstalling ePayment Client Setup, Copy the Txd, Rxd, ErrorLog, Log Folders and Config.xml files to a safe location. These folders and files must be restored back to their original location immediately after Re installing ePayment Client Setup. Failing to do so will result in office registration failure.
7. Speednet 3.1.1 must be installed if you want to integrate Speednet package with Meghdoot 6.6
8. In Case, if Database is on SQLServer 2005 and your client machine is Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP, If SQLServer 2005 Native Client is not installed then SQL2K5 Backward Compatibility Tool should be installed on the clients for connecting to the SQL Server 2005. It is available under Prerequisites folder. Either SQL Server 2005 Native Client or SQL Server 2005 backward compatibility should be available in the client machine for connecting to the SQL Server 2005.
9. For Client machines operating on Vista Operating System, right-click on the application and in the compatibility tab check “Run this program as administrator” in the privilege level option. Otherwise applications will not work correctly.