Trying to move a Micros system from old to new machine 1

[Tom P]

Has anyone had any experience with the Micros Restaurant Enterprise 4.5.7 database?

I'm trying to replace an old rickety server for a friend with a bar, so I started a brand new Windows XP install, added the .NET and IIS requirements, then installed the Micros software.

I've only been able to find discs for 4.0.8, but the old computer is running 4.5.7.

The owner is in no way computer literate, so I'm on my own here.

What I'm looking for is:

* What gets me from 4.0.8 to 4.5.7
* How do I restore a copy of the database from the 4.5.7 (old machine) to the 4.0.8 (new machine)?

When I tried to reload the database, I was informed I had the wrong encryption key -- but I hadn't been asked to type any kind of a key or pass-phrase.

I asked my friend who owns the bar, and even though he's been running this software for the last 10 years or so he's pretty much clueless.

I did try to clone the original server's drive to a Kingston SSD so that I could install an identical copy in the new server and be done with it, but the original drive had degraded enough that a clone attempt failed.

All I'm really looking for is to just move this software from a machine that could fail at any moment to a new machine that shouldn't fail for a while, so that my friend's POS system doesn't go down at some random moment.

Can anybody help?

Even just a link to someone else who talks about this stuff would be helpful. Seems to be a fairly tough industry. Lots of sales people, no engineering.

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, (moderate) laughter is certainly allowed.

 

[Wildbar]

First do a back up of the database (use database manager) and copy the backup it makes on to a usb etc.
On the new machine install the software version of 4.0 you have then get the upgrade to to 4.5 - 4.9. I dont see it on the website

https://edelivery.oracle.com/

so we may need to find that for you. Then we will restore your old database to the new system. Busy right now but will try and get you rest of info tonight.

 

[Wildbar]

Also your new computer needs to have the same name and ip as the old computer...to make life easier.

 

[Tom P]

Thanks so much, Wildbar, I really appreciate any help you can offer me.

I don't know if I'm using the wrong search terms or what, but it's so hard to find any information on how to service these systems beyond a basic user manual -- which is great for normal operations, but doesn't cover everything.

I can definitely set the new computer to mimic the old one in terms of name and IP address.

I also didn't know if I needed to transfer the hardware key to the new machine somehow before I attempted to restore the backup.

I'm not looking to have two servers running at the same time, my ideal situation would be one where I could march into the bar with a fully-configured server, drop it in the office, unplug one machine, plug the other one in, turn it on and the bar is back up and running.

Have you had any luck finding the upgrade you mentioned?