How to correctly update Intellect saving the license and configuration?

When you are going to update the Intellect software, it is important to take the following peculiarities into account:

1. Before updating the Intellect software, it is recommended to create a configuration backup copy and expand it after getting the new version installed, if necessary.

   The full articles:

   Creating the database backup copy

   Restoring database from backup copy

2. You can update the Intellect software on top of the installed version without preliminary removing only in case if the second version number corresponds to both of the installed and new versions (i.e. you can update from 4.10.x to 4.10.y (x<y) or from 4.9.x to 4.9.y (x<y), but you cannot update from 4.9 to 4.10).

   The full article: Updating INTELLECT software

3. It is recommended to execute the Intellect software update with removing the old version in the following order:
4. Execute the Intellect software removal using any of the ways described in the Removing INTELLECT software section
5. Remove the registry keys from the registry section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ITV\INTELLECT\ for 32-bit systems (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ITV\INTELLECT for 64-bit systems)

6. Remove the files left in the Intellect software installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files (x86)\Intellect\)

   Important!

   To save the license, you need to copy the ‘intellect.sec.’ activation key into the temporary storage before removing the files from this folder.

7. Run the Intellect software new version installation.

   The full article: Installing INTELLECT software

8. When you are going to update from the 4.7.3 version to a newer one, you need to apply to the ITV manager for activation key regeneration since the Intellect software activation key operation principle has been changed starting with this version.
9. MS SQL Server 2014 is being supplied as the part of the Intellect software distributives starting with the 4.10.0.1558 version, and for the older versions – MS SQL Server 2008. MS SQL Server is going to be updated to a newer version during the Intellect software update.