Moving Pulse eCommerce or Lockbox to a New Server

Adapted from Pulse eCommerce or Lockbox New Server Migration on leahyconsulting.com. Applies to both Pulse eCommerce and Pulse Lockbox.

Getting a new server, adding servers, or retiring an old one? Four things need to move with Pulse eCommerce or Pulse Lockbox. Plan each one and the cut-over is uneventful — exactly how migrations should be.

1. Program files

Decide where the program files will live on the new server and move them there.

2. The Windows service

If you use the unattended (automatic) edition, its Windows service runs alongside the program files — when the program files move, the service moves too and must be reinstalled on the new server.

3. The Pulse database

The software keeps its settings in a Pulse SQL database. If the old database server is going away, copy the Pulse database to the new SQL server.

4. Macola® company databases

Any Macola® company databases that eCommerce or Lockbox connects to must be present on the new SQL server if the old SQL server is being decommissioned — and the connections updated accordingly.