17.10. Upgrading the System

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If the InCenter software version needs to be upgraded, the following steps should be used:

Create a backup of the current InCenter configuration with the backup.sh script. Using this script is described in Section 17.9, Scripts.
Download the backup file to the disk of the local management computer using SCP. The following is an example of the SCP command format (entered as a single line):
```
> scp -P 2222 administrator@<sys_ip>:/home/administrator/<file>
  /<local_folder>/
```
Shut down the old virtual InCenter instance so there can be no IP address conflicts with a new instance. Deleting the old instance is not recommended at this point, in case it is needed again later.
Create a new virtual machine instance running the new InCenter version.
Upload the backup file from the local management computer disk to the new instance using SCP. The following is an example of the SCP command format:
```
> scp -P 2222 /<local_folder>/<filename> administrator@<sys_ip>:
```
Restore the contents of the uploaded file into the new instance with the restore.sh script. Using this script is described in Section 17.9, Scripts.
Once it is clear that the new InCenter instance is functioning as expected, the old instance can be deleted.

Transferring Log Data

If there is a need to transfer log data from an old virtual machine instance to a new one, doing this is described in Section 18.4, Log Migration to a New Instance.