Upgrade 10.1.400 to 10.2.400 Plan

Epicor ERP 10
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I’m trying to finalize a plan to upgrade Epicor 10.1.400.19 to 10.2.400 and wanted some feedback.

Our current server hardware has 2 VMs for the SQL and Epicor App Server. We also run a live and pilot database on the same server.

  • I have an old server I am going to use to host the test environment and set it up the same way with 2 VMs.

  • I will then install a fresh copy of SQL and Epicor 10.1.400.19 onto the new VMs and then restore my live database to the test environment.

  • After I verify that my data is good I will perform backup the test environment so I can later practice the steps to upgrade multiple times.

  • Last I will run quote to cash testing.

a question I do have is should I install the client to both on my users computer to test or should I setup separate test computers for the client? I believe if I don’t every time they switch from the live to the test environment it will upgrade/downgrade client files.

Does this all seem reasonable, overkill or is there a better way?

Thanks in advance.

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You can run multiple versions on the same computer. The icon to launch will be pointed to a different server, and they will run fine along side each other.

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Hi Rich, you can install both clients on the same computer, but in order to avoid the upgrade everytime you change versions, is that you install each client on a separate folder, ie. you will have a folder for Epicor101400, and other for Epicor102400, that way you can log into each session without upgrading every time, hope this will help