Installing an Update

Composition of the Technical Version Number

The complete technical version number for an installation includes the specifications for the Major Version (V), Minor Version (M), Release (R) and 5 Digit Build Number (B). In principle, the technical version number is composed as follows: V.M.R.B (e.g. 16.0.1.XXXXX).

Version

The major version and minor version form one version of Innovator.

Only different versions can be installed and operated side by side. In other words, you can install Innovator 16.0.1 alongside Innovator 15.2.1.

Installing a newer, more up-to-date version is known as an upgrade.

The Migration Manual (see Browse tab in the Help) only contains detailed information about version migration (upgrade).

Note

An upgrade is required when running a new version. You can find the upgrade form here: innovator.de/upgrade.

Release

Release and hotfix, if applicable, make up an Innovator release.

Releases cannot be installed side by side since they use the same items in the Windows registry.

If the build number has been changed in a release, this shows the presence of a hotfix. Hotfixes change the existing installation and are compatible with the interface.

Installation of a newer, more up-to-date release is known as an upgrade.

It is also possible for a hotfix to exist as a single program and library if required. Your support team can provide this for you. This need to be inserted manually at the right place.

To update to a new release, follow these steps:

Close all programs and services for the current version.
Back up certain existing data
Install the new release

Close the current version

You must make sure you have closed all programs running for the current version before installing a release. Services running are often forgotten and can be closed using the administration program.

Backing-Up Your Own Data

If you require a fallback solution, then you need to move the old installation to another folder before you install the new release or rename this folder.

Attention

If you have directly or indirectly modified files (ini, xml, css) in the $INODIR directory, save these files to a different folder. Look out for files that have a newer time stamp than the software itself.

You should back-up these files so that your own settings will not be lost.

Set-up of the new release automatically uninstalls the complete old release.

If you used the repository Demo, then this will be renamed upon implicit uninstallation.

Installing an Update or Upgrade

When an update is installed it will acknowledge that there is data in the installation directory. The new files will be saved alongside the existing files or will overwrite these.

Following installation, the license repository will be loaded from the license server and verified for validity.

If the major and minor versions are still the same upon update (e.g. 16.0.2 to 16.0.3), then the license repository is adopted and you can carry on working with Innovator without having to reactivate the license.
If the version has changed (i.e. an upgrade, e.g. 15.2 to 16.0), the license repository needs to be activated by the manufacturer's order processing department (auftragsbearbeitung@mid.de).

Exchanging Single Components

It is possible to switch out single files causing issues (e.g. DLLs) with corrected versions to solve problems which are normally customer-specific.

Please note the following procedure when switching the files on Windows to ensure reliable operation of Innovator:

Inform the teams affected that the server may be temporarily offline
Working on affected models is only possible once the server has been restarted (if the server was affected)
Shut down the servers or services which the updated components should be added to
Replace the server or client components
Restart the servers or services and test to see whether the switch out was successful