Testing Aurea List Manager upgrades
Lyris recommends testing of Aurea List Manager upgrades before performing the upgrade on your production environment.
Note
Read Important information about reducing upgrade time before upgrading.
Upgrading the database may take several hours, depending on the size of your data.
Warning
If you are currently running Aurea List Manager, do not upgrade your existing (production) Aurea List Manager server until you are certain you want to upgrade. You cannot downgrade it to an earlier version.
There are two ways to test Aurea List Manager:
- Test a clean installation on a test server. (Required for MSDE databases; strongly recommended for other databases). For more information, see Testing on a Test Server
- Test your production data on a test server. (Not permitted for MSDE databases.) For more information, see Testing Production Data on a Test Server
We strongly recommend the first option: that you test a clean installation of Aurea List Manager on a test server.
If you test using your production data, be aware that if you run the test server and the production server simultaneously, you run the risk of having duplicate messages sent unless you follow these instructions stated here carefully: Testing Production Data on a Test Server.
Refer to the following topics for more information: