This article describes the service we offer for Upgrade Assistance
Upgrade Assistance
Adonis offers remote assistance for upgrading the Adonis software set in collaboration with your IT department. Scope of Service:
Services delivered by Adonis
Standby Assitance during Customer’s own upgrade
Intake with you and your IT department
Download the agreed version to all sites
Check and stop replication before upgrading if applicable
Execution of the upgrade
Customer Responsibilities
Formalizing the roles and responsibilities to perform the upgrade
Remote access to the databases and infrastructure on all sites to prepare and perform the upgrade
Having a testing process for the new version
Creating backups before the upgrade
Informing the users
Providing Adonis with necessary access to perform the upgrade, including the possibility to restart the servers if needed
Make sure the vessels or other sites, are available for connection on agreed upon time intervals
Maintaining the Database
Deciding what version to upgrade to, and being familiar with the release notes.
Have an administrator on standby
Out of Scope
The service does not cover
Database upgrades
Databases shared with other programs
Data Quality Assurance
Major database issue resolving
Licensing
Resolving of major issues
Security
Applying patches
Training
Domain Changes
Installation of new Plug-ins
Upgrades from unsupported hardware or Adonis system versions older than a year (can be provided, but will be subject to a separate quote)
Pricing
If the customer is upgraded to a release where a "Critical" bug is identified, a new upgrade will be performed without extra cost to the Customer. However, the Customer has a responsibility to have a test process in place, and if other bugs are discovered Adonis will charge for a new upgrade to be performed.
If an issue caused by the Adonis upgrade set causes the upgrades to take longer time than anticipated, no additional cost will occur for the Customer
If an issue caused by the Customer environment set causes the upgrades to take longer time than anticipated, an additional costs will occur for the Customer by the per hour. Adonis will in such an instance inform the customer about the issue and ask if they would like to cancel the upgrade process. If canceled, Adonis will charge 50% of the agreed price.