How to Upgrade your Engineer’s Toolset
Version 8 To Version 9
To keep your settings and data from v 8 you will need to take the following steps before
upgrading.
1. Browse to the following files: C:\Program Files\Solarwinds\Engineers Edition
2. Click on the sort by type as you see below. (Please make sure you are in the Details view to sort
by type)
3. Then scroll to all .cfg files
4. Copy the following files to new folder on your desktop.
a. Network-Monitor.cfg
b. IP-BrowserWeb.cfg
c. PortScan.cfg
d. SWDiscovery.cfg
e. SWNetPerfMon.cfg
f. .BandwidthGauges
g. Watchit.cfg (Note if you have not ran this it will not be present)
h. TraceRoute.cfg (Note if you have not ran this it will not be present)
i. Bandwidth-Monitor.cfg (Note if you have not ran this it will not be present)
j. DHCP-Scope-Monitor.cfg (Note if you have not ran this it will not be present)
k. Syslog.mdb (Note if you have not ran this it will not be present)
NOTE: IF MOVING TO A NEW BOX you will need to grab these files as well. If you do
not they will be picked up by the Toolset automatically. (These will be in the directory you
set up you can also do a Search files)
1. IP-Address-Management.IPDB
2. New.SDB (Or other .SDB files)
3. Advanced-CPU-Load.CPUDB
4. SNMP-Graph
5. .BandwidthGauges
5. Then uninstall the Engineers Toolset
a. Do this from Start>Programs>Solarwinds Professional Plus>Uninstall>Uninstall
Solarwinds Engineers Edition Toolset
b. You have to uninstall the Toolset or you will create broken tools such as: Run-time Error 2147024894 Automation Error
6. Then Install Version 9 Engineers:
7. Launch the executable from either the DVD or the download.
8. Review the Welcome text, and then click Next.
9. Accept the license agreement on the License Agreement window, and then click Next.
10. Specify the appropriate information on the Customer Information window, and then click Next.
On this window, you can select whether the Toolset is installed to the currently logged on user
account profile or made available to any user account with access to this computer.
11. Browse to a file system folder where you want to install the Toolset program files, and then click
Next. The default location is \Program files\Solarwinds.
12. Click Install on the Ready to install the program window.
13. Click Finish on the Wizard Complete window.
14. After installing the program, the Toolset setup program displays the licensing window. You will
need the customer ID and password provided to you. Enter the requested information on the
Install Software License Key window, and then click Continue.15. Click Continue to complete your software License Key Installation.
16. From here you will take the folder with the files and place them in this directory:
C:\Program Files\Solarwinds\Engineer's Toolset
17. You will then be asked if you want to overwrite the following files, Click ‘Yes’:
18. You will now be able to use the Engineers Toolset Version 9
