Upgrading an existing WhatsUp Gold installation to include Log Management
- Last Updated: November 3, 2023
- 1 minute read
- WhatsUp Gold
- Version 2023.1
CAUTION: If you already have WhatsUp Gold installed and need to
upgrade your license to include Log Management features, you must run the installation again on your WhatsUp Gold
server in order to not only provide your new license key, but also to properly configure your Elasticsearch instance for use with Log
Management. The more typical upgrade procedure in which license activation is
managed using the applicable option found in the Start menu cannot be successfully
applied when Log Management features are included with the new license.
CAUTION: We no longer provide or support Elasticsearch
instances previously installed by WhatsUp Gold. To continue using Log Management, please
back up your applicable data files, uninstall Ipswitch WhatsUp Log Management from your
local machine, then migrate your data to a new instance of Elasticsearch prior to
upgrading. Please note, we highly recommend migrating and connecting to a remote
Elasticsearch instance. If you attempt to continue the upgrade with the open source
version of Elasticsearch provided with a previous version of WhatsUp Gold still
installed, the installation program will present an error message and abort.