ADManager Plus Service Pack Installation

1. Shut down ADManager Plus
   1. If the product runs as an application, click on Start → All Programs → ADManager Plus → Stop ADManager Plus.
   2. If the product runs as a windows service, click on Start → Run → type "services.msc" → Stop "ManageEngine ADManager Plus".
2. Execute the stopDB.bat file under <ADManagerPlusHome>\bin directory.
3. Back up ADManager Plus by zipping the contents of <ADManagerPlusHome> directory.
4. If you use MS SQL as the Database Server for ADManager Plus, backup the database as well.
5. Open Command Prompt and execute the UpdateManager.bat file under <ADManagerPlusHome>\bin directory.
   For Windows 7 / Vista / 2008 / 2008 R2 machines with User Account Control enabled, Select 'Run as Administrator' while opening Command Prompt
6. Click Browse and select the .ppm file that you have downloaded.
7. Click on Install for the service pack. Depending on the amount of data to be migrated, the installation procedure may take a few minutes. Please do not terminate prematurely.
8. Click Close and then Exit to quit Update Manager tool.
9. Start ADManager Plus.

If high availability (HA) is enabled, follow the steps given below to upgrade ADManager Plus:

1. Update the product on the primary server to the required build.
2. Update ADManager Plus installed on the secondary server to the required build.

Do not start ADManager Plus until it is upgraded to the same build on both the servers.

Note: If you have updated ADManager Plus to incorporate the features of a minor release, upgrade the product to the intermediate build, before upgrading to the latest build.
For instance, if you have the 6660 build of ADManager Plus, then update the product in the primary and the secondary servers to the 7000 build before upgrading it to the 7011 build.