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Upgrading the ETS application

To benefit from the latest MT (Machine Translation) developments, you can upgrade to a higher version of SDL ETS. Upgrade to 8.X from 7.X or 5.X is not supported, but upgrade from version 8.X to a newer 8.X is.

About this task

When upgrading to a major or minor version of SDL ETS, a new license file will be required. Starting with SDL ETS 8.2, a single license file will be required and will be installed on the Master host. You can provide the existing myhosts.json file of the master host to SDL support in order to receive a new SDL ETS 8.2 (or higher) License file. The new license file will contain the Language Pairs and the number of Processing Units allowed (consult Dynamic Licensing and Processing Units for more details).

Procedure

  1. Make sure to perform a backup of SDL ETS before proceeding with the upgrade.
  2. Stop the SDL ETS service on all hosts to prevent access to the SDL ETS infrastructure during the upgrade.
  3. Upgrade SDL ETS on each host, starting with the Master host, by running the installer.
  4. Once all hosts are upgraded, login to the SDL ETS WebUI as administrator.
  5. Go to Manage > Deployment.
  6. Select the Hosts tab, to consult the previous configuration of Job Engines and Translation Engines.
  7. Select the Entitlements tab.
  8. Select Upload License File and select the newly generated 8.2 (or higher) License file.
    The number of available Processing Units is displayed.
  9. Select Edit and assign the appropriate Processing Units to each of the Translation Engines (1 PU is a minimum for the Translation Engine to start).
  10. Select Save.
  11. Select the Hosts tab to check that all Translation Engines are started.