Voyager Upgrade to 6.5.3, Jan. 8-9, 2008

Announcements

Jan. 9, 2008 - Upgrade completed. Version 6.5.3 is online.
Jan. 8, 2008 After Upgrade, Index Regenerations Planned
Jan. 8, 2008 - The CARLI Voyager Reports Server will be taken offline today, Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 4:45pm to perform back up functions prior to tonight's upgrade to Voyager 6.5.3. The Reports Server should be back online Wednesday morning Jan. 9 as usual with a copy of data as of 3am that morning.
Jan. 3, 2008 No changes to WebVoyage or Shared Macros anticipated with Voyager 6.5.3 upgrade
Jan. 2, 2008 CARLI Reports and Voyager 6.5.3
Dec. 19, 2007 Alternate Training Databases now available
Dec. 7, 2007 I-Share Voyager Software Upgrade Jan. 8-9, 2008

Library Tasks before the Upgrade to the Production Databases

Required

Make sure your computers meet the minimum requirements outlined

Document your current preferences in all Voyager clients

If your library does not use the CARLI's Voyager Client Update Checker, make a copy of important Voyager files that you have customized into a folder outside of the Voyager folder to preserve them from being overwritten during manual installation of 6.5.3 clients. Files may include things like the voyager.ini, eisreport.mdb, callslip.ini, crcnotes.mdb, acqrpts.mdb, Acqbib.cfg, tag tables, record template files, etc.

Optional

Download the and 6.5.3 clients and access the upgraded Training database to investigate features and changes in the new version of the software. For instructions on how to access the upgraded training database see: How to access the Alternate Training Databases

Read ExLibris Documentation, including: Release Notes, Release Handbooks, and User's Guides

System Administration

Consider other SysAdmin changes to take advantage of new features

Library Workflows/Tasks During Upgrade

When applicable, use Offline Circulation

Voyager, including staff client access and WebVoyage (both local OPACs and the UC) will be down for the duration of the upgrade: 5pm Tuesday Jan. 8th through 8am Wednesday Jan. 9th, 2008.

Library Tasks After the Upgrade

Required

If you used Offline Circulation during the upgrade, make a back up copy (in a folder other than the Voyager folder) of your Offline Capture File.

Download and install the Voyager 6.5.3 clients (if you haven't already done so--or if CARLI's automated Voyager Client Update Checker hasn't already done so for you).

Log into the PC as an Administrator and Install clients on all library staff workstations.

Circulation

If you used Offline Circulation during the upgrade, load your Offline Capture File.

Call Slip

If you manually installed the Voyager Clients, download revised version of the I-Share callslip.ini from: http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-prod/I-Share/circ/V6callslip.ini or use your previously customized callslip.ini file. Use this file to replace the generic callslip.ini file in the Voyager/Misc folder that will come with the newly upgraded clients on your workstation.

If you manually installed your Voyager clients, and you did not save the CARLI-customized callslip.ini file on your PC, you need to adjust your Call Slip e-mail defaults prior to processing any Voyager requests. See Voyager Call Slip Daemon: Email Options for more information.

Cataloging

(If Applicable) Reinstall/upgrade any of the Gary Strawn programs present on staff PCs. This should be done after the Voyager 6.5.3 clients have been installed. See the "Installing and Configuring Gary Strawn's Software in CARLI/I-Share Libraries" document for detailed instructions.

Reports

There will not be a new version of the CARLI_Reports.mdb file with the upgrade to 6.5.3. Libraries should continue to use the linked .mdb file that they were using under Voyager 6.1 to run MSAccess reports. If necessary, copy your previously "linked" .mdb file back into the \Voyager\Access Reports\ folder.

Optional

Cataloging

If your institution did not use the Voyager Client Update Checker, download and install updated tag tables files.

System Administration

Configure other SysAdmin values to take advantage of new features:
Circulation Alerts

Documentation

ExLibris Documentation (Some links below require username and password for SupportWeb, please contact the CARLI Office if you do not have them.)

Voyager 6.5 User's Guides

Voyager Release Handbooks and Release Notes for 6.2 and 6.5.x

ExLibris' SupportWeb (http://support.endinfosys.com/cust/voy/)