The upgrade program performs the following actions on each database that it upgrades:
- Updates the target database schema to the Release 7.1 schema.
- Updates the target database version to 7.1.
- Saves the previous migrate rules as database_path\lib\Windows\migrate.old.
- Saves the previous pt directory as database_path\oldpt.
- Saves the previous notify directory as database_path\lib\oldnotify.
- Protects the target database.
- Exports any types that were modified in the target database.
- Finds the list of models installed in the target database.
- Installs the required list of models and model additions from the model database to the target database.
- Unprotects the target database.
- Restores the original migrate rules file saved in 3, and performs any upgrade that is required.
- Starts a 7.1 session on the target database.
- Runs the ccm db_update /update command to update the data in the target database to Release 7.1 format.
- Converts line end conventions in ASCII files if the /w option was present.
- Check the archive conversion status.
- Removes obsolete files from the target database.
- Connects the database to the default CCM server, or to the CCM server specified by the /url option.