Moving WebDocs for Windows to a New Server

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Steps to Move WebDocs for Windows to a new Server and preserve all settings

Backing up Old Server

1.) Back up existing WebDocs SQL Server database: webdocs via SQL Server Enterprise Manager.

2.) Back up all image files from WebDocs file directories on your server. (If your images are on a separate physical server, they may or may not need to be backed up. You can decide.)

3.) Back up C:\INETPUB\WEBDOCSITE folder or its equivalent (if you have set it up on a different drive letter) to get all ASP pages.

4.) Make backup copy of C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\RJSDOCMAN.DLL

5.) Look at your web site settings in Microsoft IIS Administrator and see what the Home Directory is named under the Home Directory tab. Also go to the Web Site tab and determine the TCP port being used for web access to the WebDocs server. Write these values down.

Note: DO NOT destroy your old server until you know the new server works.

Setting up New Server

1.) Install SQL Server 7.0 or 2000 software.

2.) Install WebDocs for Windows software.

3.) Restore backed up webdocs database via SQL Server Enterprise Manager.

4.) If images were saved during backup, restore image files to new server. (Make sure the drive letter, directory paths and any file share names match what they were on the old server.)

5.) Restore up C:\INETPUB\WEBDOCSITE folder or its equivalent (if you set it up on a different driver letter) to restore all ASP pages.

6.) Restore backup copy of C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\RJSDOCMAN.DLL.

Note: This RJSDOCMAN.DLL file is the required WebDocs business logic DLL and will insure that WebDocs is running at the same version your old server was. The reason this step is needed is because the full WebDocs install you did in step 1 may or may not be newer than what you already had installed and may have new table requirements that you may not have in place. By restoring your old RJSDOCMAN.DLL you should be fine.

7.) Register C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\RJSDOCMAN.DLL with REGSVR32.EXE.

Example to register RJSDOCMAN.DLL in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32:

Select Start/Run and type:   
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\RJSDOCMAN.DLL

8.) Go into the IIS Administrator program and set the Home Directory and TCP Port to match the settings on the old server.

9.) From the new server, open Internet Explorer and try to start the WebDocs web site via the following URL: http://localhost:80 where your TCP Port may or may not be 80.

If you get a login page, then the base installation is complete.

10.) Log into WebDocs as an Administrator and go to the Locations tab. Check to make sure your file locations match the same file paths the old server had.

Things to Check After New Server Install

1.) Log into WebDocs and try to view some images from the web browser.

2.) Make sure that if the IP address of your server changed, let all your users know the new URL address to the server.

3.) Make sure the scan workstations ODBC driver settings are changed via the Windows ODBC Administrator to point to the new WebDocs server.

4.) Do a test scan from all scan workstations to make sure that your scanned documents get checked in correctly to the new server.

5.) After completing a test scan, go into the WebDocs web browser and attempt to view the newly scanned image.