Resources and FAQs for Voyager Upgrades
- Product: Voyager
- Product Version: All
- Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct, Direct, Local, Total Care
Question
Our institution will be upgrading Voyager soon. What resources are available to help us plan for this?
Answer
There are Release Notes and Implementation Guides for Voyager, which contain relevant documentation and important information for each release of Voyager.
Knowledge Center Articles also address frequently asked questions about Voyager upgrades.
Links to these resources are provided below.
NOTE: For locally hosted servers, you must open up the firewall outbound to downloads-na.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com port 10022.
Additional Information
Information and documentation
Release Notes and Implementation Guides areas in the Knowledge Center have subdirectories for each currently supported release.
- Road To - this is the main planning document for upgrades
- Installation and Upgrade Requirements - server and PC requirements for each version of Voyager
- Preview Server - information on installing and running Preview Server ahead of your upgrade
- WebVoyage and Configuration File Changes - list of WebVoyage and other configuration files on the server that have changed from previous version
- Release Notes & Resolved Issues documents - provides information on new features and defect fixes included in the release
- Description and list of enhancements for new version?
- Supported Software and PC Requirements - information about third party software support by Voyager version
- Updated user guides for core Voyager modules and extension modules - review Reason for Reissue section for list of changes from previous version
- VIK documentation - instructions for running the VIK to upgrade the Voyager server yourself (this is not recommended for hosted servers)
- System Requirements - see Installation and Upgrade Requirements - for specific version.
Before your upgrade
Hosted Voyager server upgrade and the requirement of having a successful backup prior to the upgrade
Best practices for Voyager Upgrade preparation (online training session)
Before migration (if changing hardware also)
During upgrade
After upgrade
WebVoyage
Integrations and extensions
Check and test Setup for communication with Voyager Self Check module after upgrade
- Article last edited: 06-May-2020