Upgrading Insights

Details of the upgrade process

Applies to: Patch My PC Advanced and Patch Insights

Enhanced upgrade

Prior to version 2.5.1, upgrading Advanced Insights was an entirely manual process. But from version 2.5.1, you will be presented with the upgrade to perform on the server where Advanced Insights is installed. For more information on this process, see here

Manual update

To manually upgrade Advanced Insights, we need to re-run the installer using the latest version downloaded from here.

To upgrade silently please run AdvancedInsights.exe /q /l*v %temp%\AdvInsights.log

When you run the installer, it will prompt for you to accept the license terms.

Upgrade license terms

You will be presented with the upgrade summary page. There is also the option to change the certificate, network port or IIS application pool identity if required.

Upgrade Summary

If upgrading from 1.0.x and 2.0.x versions of Advanced Insights, the upgrade summary page will also include summary information about the Advanced Insights SQL DB migration to SQLite.

See section: Upgrading to Advanced Insights 2.1 and later from 1.0.x and 2.0.x versions

If you wish to do so, click the 'View / Change Cert' button will show additional information about any warnings being flagged.

Existing certificate properties

Following this, click Install to start the upgrade process.

The upgrade success page is displayed upon completion.

Upgrade Success page