How do I restore ProTop to a previous version?

I upgraded to the latest version of ProTop, but my environment is having an issue with it. How do I get things back to where they were?

1. Restore the backup of your ProTop installation you made before updating.

2. Log into the server with the ID used to run ProTop.

Set your ProTop environment (. [ProTop dir]/bin/protopenv).

cd $PROTOP

run:  pt3upd protop-[the version you were running].

For example, if you were running ProTop 325 before upgrading to 326, run:

pt3upd protop-325

3. The config files in $PROTOP/etc are backed up for you to $PROTOP/tmp/etc.MM.DD.tar by pt3upd.  This can be useful to restore customizations made to the default config files if you did not make local copies.  Take a moment to verify you have and, if not, create at least:

  • etc/alert.[custid].cfg
  • etc/pt3agent.[custid].cfg
  • etc/schedule.[custid].cfg

from the default cfg files.  The localized versions will not be overwritten by future pt3upd updates.