Upgrade: Uninstalling Advantage Database Server

The upgrade from version 2.1 to version 2.2 leaves behind an installation of Advantage Database Server that the Unwired Platform Messaging Server no longer uses. After you verify that the database has migrated properly, you may uninstall this program.

In the upgrade to version 2.2, the Sybase Unwired Platform Messaging Server switched from Advantage Database Server to SQL Anywhere. The upgrade installer leaves the Advantage Database Server database in place, in case a problem occurs in migrating the data to SQL Anywhere. After you verify that the data migrated successfully, you can uninstall the Advantage Database Server and database.

  1. Archive the Advantage Database Server data.
    Copy the entire contents of the Advantage Database Server data directory to the file system on a different hard drive or to other storage medium.
    • On a single-server installation, the Advantage Database Server data is in SUP_HOME\Servers\MessagingServer\Data\OBR.
    • In a cluster installation:
      • When the default data path used, Advantage Database Server data is under SUP_HOME\Data\Messaging\OBR.
      • When separate database file locations are specified, Advantage Database Server data is under shared_data_path\Messaging\OBR, where shared_data_path is the location you specified for the shared data path in your 2.1.x or earlier installation.
      • For Microsoft Failover Clusters, when separate database file locations are not specified, the Advantage Database Server data is under shared_data_folder\Messaging\OBR, where shared_data_folder is the location of the data folder on the share disk set up for the Microsoft cluster.
  2. Uninstall the Advantage Database Server.
    1. Open the Windows Control Panel option to remove programs (for example, Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features).
    2. Remove or uninstall Advantage Database Server for Windows... (name ending varies).