The only way to upgrade is to add the
Advanced Enterprise Database license is as a new product to the existing installation. Refer to Article
How to add a new product to an existing Progress installation? The reason the Advanced Enterprise Edition RDBMS must be installed is twofold:
- While the AEE RDBMS includes the OpenEdge Enterprise Database License, these are two distinct licenses that are not considered equal, exactly like the Personal, WorkGroup and Enterprise Database Licenses are not the same licenses. Refer to Article What is included in the OpenEdge Advanced Enterprise Edition?
- Apart from the Enterprise Database license, the Advanced Enterprise license contains additional Database Feature Related Licenses and OpenEdge Management. As a result, additional files may need to be installed and environment tailoring to allow these features to be used that would currently not be on the system with only an Enterprise Database License installed. As such it is advisable to first backup current configuration files, PASOE and OEPAS instances before upgrading. Refer to Article Can you choose which Database features are installed when installing the Advanced Enterprise License?
Once the Advanced Enterprise Edition RDBMS has been installed, subsequent yearly updates of the same level OEDK license will not require any components to be installed or reinstalled. This would only change if new components are offered with OEDK in the future.
