ArcGIS GeoEvent Server 11.5 is provided as a setup program and is run through the Setup.exe utility file.
Prepare to upgrade GeoEvent Server
The GeoEvent Server setup program detects and upgrades an existing installation of GeoEvent Server on the target system.
Note:
Do not uninstall an existing version of ArcGIS GeoEvent Server before installing the new version. Instead, run the GeoEvent Server setup program to upgrade your existing GeoEvent Server configuration to the new version.
Before upgrading to a new version of GeoEvent Server, it is recommended that you export your GeoEvent Serverconfiguration using ArcGIS GeoEvent Manager and back up any installed or added components. The components are added to the <ArcGIS Server installation directory>\GeoEvent\deploy folder.
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When upgrading from a 10.x version to GeoEvent Server 11.5, your existing GeoEvent Server site configuration is not automatically upgraded during the installation. You must manually import the configuration file after successful completion of the upgrade. An additional step has been added to the installation wizard for you to acknowledge this change.
Learn more about backing up and restoring a GeoEvent Server site configuration
Before upgrading to a new version of ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS GeoEvent Server, it is recommended that you stop the ArcGIS GeoEvent Server and ArcGIS GeoEvent Gateway Windows services and set their Startup type property to Manual. This ensures that GeoEvent Server is compatible by avoiding mismatched software releases on the same machine. These services should remain stopped during the upgrade. Once the upgrade of ArcGIS Server and GeoEvent Server has completed successfully, set the ArcGIS GeoEvent Server and ArcGIS GeoEvent Gateway Windows services Startup type property back to Automatic (the default).
For any custom components you have developed, including connectors and processors, you may need to modify the code, release numbers, and configurations, and rebuild with the appropriate version of the GeoEvent Server software development kit (SDK).
Learn more about custom components (connectors or processors)
GeoEvent Server upgrade process
To upgrade GeoEvent Server, upgrade ArcGIS Server first; then upgrade GeoEvent Server using the Setup.exe file for each product. To upgrade GeoEvent Server silently, refer to the Silently install ArcGIS GeoEvent Server topic.