IMF Tune Upgrade to v5

Involve an in-place upgrade or a move to new server hardware. This is especially true because IMF Tune v5 now supports all of Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010. Since Exchange 2007 requires a migration to a 64-bit platform, in this case IMF Tune would also need to move along.

In-Place Upgrade from IMF Tune v2/v3

When installing IMF Tune v5 on a machine where an earlier build is already installed, follow these steps in order to retain your current configuration settings.

1. From the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet, uninstall the current IMF Tune build.

2. Restart the IIS Admin service.

3. Install the latest build to the same HDD location where the previous build was installed. IMF Tune will automatically adopt the configuration of the previous installation.

In-Place Upgrade from IMF Tune v4/v5

Moving IMF Tune v2.x/v3.0/v4.x to IMF Tune v5 on a new Machine

IMF Tune v5 will automatically upgrade the configuration settings of earlier releases when found on the local machine at installation time. To benefit from this automatic upgrade we need to first move the configuration of earlier IMF Tune versions to the new machine as follows:

1. If IMF Tune v5 was already installed on the destination machine, uninstall this and delete the IMF Tune application directory.

2. On the destination machine create the following directory:
   C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune

3. On the source machine running IMF Tune v2.x/v3.0/v4.x locate any of the following directories:

C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune\config
C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune\config3
C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune\config4


Depending on your IMF Tune installation history one of these two directories may not be present. Copy these directories and all files within them to the destination machine under:
C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune

4. Install IMF Tune v5 now.

Moving IMF Tune v5 to a new Machine

In case IMF Tune v5 is running on more than one machine, we may need to replicate the configuration across installations. Since both machines are running the same IMF Tune version, we can use the IMF Tune Backup/Restore tool (IMFTBak.exe) in replication mode as descriped below.

To begin complete the installation of IMF Tune v5 on all machines, it is strongly recommended that all machines are run with the same IMF Tune build number. You can check the build number from the configuration under the Miscellaneous category. If any machine is running an earlier build, upgrade this as described earlier under 'In-Place Upgrade from IMF Tune v4/v5 '.

1. At the source machine whose configuration is to be copied run the following command: C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune\IMFTBak.exe /backup {backup.dir}

2. Under the {backup.dir} a file with extension *.ibak will be created. Move this file to the machine running the second IMF Tune v5.

3. On the second machine run the following command:
   C:\Program Files\WinDeveloper IMF Tune\IMFTBak.exe /replicate {backup.dir}

Note: IMFTBak.exe can only be used when moving configurations across IMF Tune installations running the same version and build!