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