How To: Rollback From NextGen To Legacy Cornerstone MFT
Question
Once I upgrade to Cornerstone MFT NextGen, how can I rollback to legacy Cornerstone MFT 2019?
Reasoning
We upgraded to Cornerstone MFT NextGen for testing purposes but now want to roll back to our legacy Cornerstone MFT 2019 server.
Answer
When you upgrade to NextGen, your legacy Cornerstone MFT 2019 server and its configurations are backed up and left in a disabled state to help ensure all is kept intact in case you want to revert back.
Steps
I. Steps To Revert Back To Legacy Cornerstone MFT 2019
- Open the Windows Services menu (Win + R, Services.msc)
- Locate the Cornerstone MFT Server NextGen service, right-click it and select Properties
- On the Properties panel, set the Startup Type to Disabled, click on Stop under the Service Status, and click OK
- To start up your legacy Cornerstone MFT server, locate the Cornerstone MFT Daemon service, right-click it and select Properties
- On the Properties panel, set the Startup Type to Automatic, click on Start under the Service Status, and click OK
- Log into your Cornerstone MFT Admin console with the old shortcut on the desktop. As stated above, your legacy instance is kept intact when upgrading in case you need to revert back. To completely remove Cornerstone MFT NextGen from the server, please follow on with the Steps To Completely Remove Cornerstone MFT NextGen Server
II. Steps To Completely Remove Cornerstone MFT NextGen Server
- Uninstall Cornerstone MFT NextGen using Add/Remove from the Windows Control Panel
- Once Windows completes the uninstall of Cornerstone MFT NextGen, reboot the server
- Delete the SRXServer folders from the following paths:
- C:\Program Files\South River Technologies
- C:\ProgramData\South River Technologies
- Using SQL Server Management Studio, delete any databases that were created during install and use. Check for:
- LASDB
- SRX{GUID}
- That is it, you are done!