This document substitutes for STEPS TWO and THREE of the upgrade
Game Plan Webpage
Upgrading the Linko Software from the MS Access Database version to one
running on some version of SQL STD, Enterprise and so forth.
SETUP the SQL Server with the Linko Database
First:
Linko needs Windows and SQL Server Authentication on the SQL Server as the
software uses a SQL Server Authenticated User to connect to the database.
Second:
You must download a self-extracting executable that includes the database files and others to
use for the upgrade process.
This file is located here:
http://www.linkodatasystems.com/upgradepage/access/
and scroll down to the bottom, there is a section DOCUMENTS AND FILES SUMMARY.
See 10. And download the “SQL STD Migrations Executable” self extracting zipped archive.
Download and Save the file where you wish.
The file is called:
sql_std_migration.exe
It creates a folder called:
C:\Linko_Software_SQL\LinkoCTS\Installs
The folder includes these files:
Setting up your server with the Linko Database:
In this extracted folder find this file and run it:
Run the CTSData_Setup.exe
This will create the Database files and connect them to the Database server.
These are the files that you will be migrating into.
This MUST BE DONE on your SQL Server
This should:
1. Create a folder called C:\Linkocts\sqldata and put these databases in that folder:
a. CTS_Data_data.mdf
b. CTS_Data_log.ldf
2. It will attach the .mdf and .ldf files to the database
3. It will create a new login on the database
a. Username: lexlinko
b. Password:
lexlinko
4. This database will be the target for the migration from the current Linko setup.
5. In SQL Server Management Studio you will see that the logical name of the database
is “CTS_DATA”
Problems we have sometimes:
We have some problems with the automatic installer and it fails at times in different SQL Server
and OS environments.
SO:
Using Server Management Studio, manually attach the database created. It will be found
in this folder:
C:\LinkoCTS\SQLData
So a login will have to be created and then fixed. This will have to be done manually by
running this script in the Server Management Studio for the database.
EXEC sp_addlogin 'lexlinko','lexlinko','CTS_Data'
USE CTS_Data EXEC sp_change_users_login 'Auto_Fix', ‘lexlinko'
Basically:
Attach the database
Create a lexlinko user with password lexlinko
Fix the orphaned lexlinko in the attached database.
Which is to say if the auto installer fails, it can just as easily be installed manually.
This completes the installation of the databases on the Server.
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL SUPPORT!!
THE REST OF THE INSTALLATION AND MIGRATION
The rest of the process follows along on the web page so you can return to that page and follow
along. The following simply gives you a broad outline of the rest of the steps on the page.:
http://www.linkodatasystems.com/upgradepage/access/
You must complete Step One:
Upgrade to the final version of the Linko MS Access based software.
You will need to do Step Four from the webpage:
Set up the workstation software.
You will find this is one of the extracted files you got above.
LinkoWork_setup.exe
Locate this file in the extracted folder, and move it to the workstation where you will be
running the Linko Software.
Doubleclick to run the installation.
When you first start Linko after installation, you will have to enter in the name of the
server, the instance name you chose above (if any), and the database name (CTS_Data)
Then follow along with the rest of the web page’s steps:
Five
Schedule a switchover time
Six
Run the Data validation on the current MS Access database prior to migration
The Data Validation / migratory tool is in the self extracted folder.
Seven
Run the Migration tool
Eight
Create the Shared files (this file was also download with the self extractor)
LinkoShared_Setup.exe
This will create a folder called “C:\LinkoCTS”
This Share will need to be set up and permissions added for Linko users
This can be done on any File and Print server, it does not have to be done on the
computer running the SQL Express 2008. This sets up the folder that is referred to as the “Root
Location of Shared Files.”
Once that is all done and you have successfully migrated from your old
version and tested it, you can update to the most recent version of the
Linko Software.
There is a patch which you must download from the Linko Customer Care Page
Download the patch to the local computer running Linko into this folder:
C:\Linko_Software_SQL\LinkoCTS
The patch must be run from this folder.
Doubleclick the file to run the patch on one computer
Run the patch on the other workstations by simply running the Linko software at each
workstation, it will ask if you want to run the patch, you say YES.