4 Argus Pre- and Post-Upgrade tasks

This chapter outlines tasks you will need to do before and after upgrading to Argus 6.0

Before Upgrade

Before upgrading to Argus 6.0, be sure to do the following:

• Ensure that no unblinding executions occur at the time of upgrade.

• Perform this task on a weekend or with an appropriate downtime window (time required depends on the volume of work required by the upgrade).

• Make a cold backup of the database.

• Drop the Function Based Indexes in ARGUS schema as described in section 3

After Upgrade

After upgrading to Argus 6.0, be sure to do the following:

• Re-create the Function Based Indexes under ARGUS schema as described in section 3

• Check invalid objects in Argus and EOSU schema. Re-compile the objects if they are INVALID.