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41.  Sitecore CMS 6.1.0 Update rev.090630 (initial 6.1.0 release)
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Notice: These instructions have been updated with information about installing the Sitecore Analytics roles. [Added November 19, 2009]

This is an old CMS 6.1.0 update.
You should only use this update as an interim update when upgrading from Sitecore CMS 6.0.X to Sitecore 6.2 or later versions.

Important: If you are upgrading from Sitecore CMS 6.0.X, you should continue upgrading to Sitecore 6.2 or later and not stop the upgrade process at version 6.1.0.

Prerequisites:

This upgrade requires the following files:

Follow the steps below to upgrade an existing Sitecore CMS 6.0.1 or 6.0.2 installation to Sitecore CMS 6.1:

  1. Important: If you are upgrading from Sitecore CMS 6.0.X, you should continue upgrading to Sitecore 6.2 or later after installing this update. The system will not work as expected if you stop the upgrade process at version 6.1.0.
  2. Back up the site
  3. Install the Update Installation Wizard using the Installation Wizard available via the Sitecore desktop link Sitecore »Development Tools » Installation Wizard.
  4. Choose "Overwrite" every time if prompted.
  5. Open the Update Installation Wizard by entering the following URL in your browser: http://<hostname>/sitecore/admin/UpdateInstallationWizard.html
    See the Update Installation Wizard Guide for more information about how to use the wizard.
  6. Install the Sitecore CMS 6.1 update package using the wizard. Some expected collisions may occur, see the “Note about expected collisions” below for details.
    1. Upload the update package using the wizard
    2. Analyze the package
    3. Install the package.
  7. Log into the Sitecore Desktop, and install the Sitecore Analytics Roles package, using the Installation Wizard available via Sitecore » Development Tools » Installation Wizard. Choose "Overwrite" every time if prompted.
    Alternatively, you can manually create the following 3 roles in the "sitecore" domain: "Analytics Content Profiling", "Analytics Maintaining", "Analytics Reporting".
  8. Update the following config files. You can find the exact strings to update on the Web.config Changes page. If you are upgrading from Sitecore CMS 6.0.1 rev.090212 (SR-1), you should also apply the changes mentioned on the Web.config Changes in rev.090317 compared to rev. 090212 page.
    1. Web.config file
    2. /App_Config/Commands.config
    3. /App_Config/FieldTypes.config
  9. Clear your browser's cache. For instance, in Internet Explorer this is done via the menu Tools » Internet Options » Browsing History » Delete » Delete Temporary Internet Files.
  10. Rebuild search indexes and the link database in the master and the core databases. You can do this using the wizards available via the Sitecore desktop link Sitecore »Control Panel »Database.

Note about expected collisions

If you are upgrading from a release later than 6.0.1 SR-1 (rev. 090212), you will see warnings that some DLL files in the /bin folder have been modified and will be overwritten (for instance, Sitecore.Kernel.dll, Sitecore.Client.dll, etc.). Also, you might see warnings that /sitecore/shell/sitecore.version.xml, /sitecore/login/default.css and other files will be overwritten. This is expected behavior.  

Also, the following files will be overwritten if they exist (in which case you will also see a "collision" message):


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