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Retaining Your Xpress Insight Apps

If you have an existing Xpress Insight installation and want to retain your apps, you must back them up first. If you do not want to retain them, go to the next section on uninstalling the previous version of Xpress Insight.
  1. Depending on the version you are uninstalling, there are two options:
    • If you are currently using version 4.8 or below, you can use the Export Repository option from the Analyst Client, which was distributed with versions up to and including 4.8. Select File > Export > Export Repository and save the .insight file to a convenient location (not C:\xpressmp). This option is available to all users with the necessary authorization. Should a problem occur with the automatic upgrade process, then the repository file can be imported to restore the data using the Analyst Client.
    • If you are uninstalling from version 4.9 or later, you should use the export facility of the insightcmd command line tool to create a backup. This option is available to all users with the necessary authorization. Should a problem occur with the automatic upgrade process, then this repository file can be imported (again via insightcmd) to restore the data. Refer to the Xpress Insight Administrators Guide for full details of the insightcmd command line tool.An example of its use to export the whole repository is as follows: 
      insightcmd export -u admin -p admin123 repository /path/to/storage/my_apps.insight

      Here, credentials are provided as admin/admin123.

  2. Use the backup and restore database method as described in detail in the Xpress Insight Administrators Guide.
    • You will need the database account username and password. The Xpress Insight server must not be running during the backup operation.
    • Manually copy the <installdir>/insight/db/pgsql/data folder to a new location. The PostgreSQL database service must be stopped prior to performing this operation to avoid pending data updates being lost, or possible data corruption.
Parent Topic Uninstalling Previous Versions of Xpress Insight for Windows

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