OnGuard Upgrade Schedule

OnGuard Upgrade Schedule

  1. Upgrade BASIS license dongle from parallel to USB. (Completed July 2008)
  2. Upgrade BASIS server from Dell PC running Windows XP PC to Dell PowerEdge R300 running Windows Server 2003.(Completed 12/16/08)
  3. Upgrade BASIS server software from ET625 to ET680.(Completed 1/9/2009)
  4. Rewrite local software that translates institutional student and employee data into BASIS Lenel database configuration information. (2010)
  5. Move backend DB to new server running RHEL and install Oracle 10g DB (Completed August 2011)
  6. Upgrade BASIS server from Windows Server 2003 to Server 2008 Enterprise (64-bit) R2.(Completed August 2011)
  7. Upgrade BASIS server software from ET680 to ET692 (Completed August 2011)
  8. Upgrade from a USB License dongle to a software driven license file. (Completed August 2011)
  9. Upgrade BASIS server software from ET692 to ET693. (Completed March 2015)
  10. Move backend DB to new server running CentOS 7 and install Oracle 11.2g (Completed June 27, 2019)
  11. SENS will create new BASIS VM server running Windows Server 2016. (Completed June 2019)
  12. Turn off old 'bestlock' server in CSE running ET693 and boot SENS' new 'bestlock' VM. (Completed July 8, 2019)
  13. Install OnGuard 7.4 server software on new 'bestlock.sens.buffalo.edu' VM. Run OnGuard upgrade .exe (Completed July 9, 2019)
  14. SENS will create new Oracle 12.2c VM and convert CSE's backend 11.2g DB to it. (Expected Summer/Fall 2019)
  15. CSE will turn off our backend 11.2g DB. (Expected Summer/Fall 2019)