Upgrade Network Performance Monitor 10.2 to 10.5

Task: Boss need me to upgrade Network Performance Monitor 10.2 to 10.5


Solution:
1) Login http://www.solarwinds.com/ => Customer Portal=> Login with your CustomerID & PW => Look for download and download NPM 10.4.0 to do upgrade 1st then NPM 10.5 (So DL 2 version NPM 10.4 & NPM 10.5 if you're upgrading from 10.2)

2) Extract the NPM 10.4 Zip file to a folder in your C:\.... => Right click Run As Administrator SolarWinds-Orion-NPM-v10.4-Full.exe  => Make sure to use the existing settings & just Next everything & Finish.

3) Extract the SolarWinds-NPM-v10.5.0.zip file to a folder in your C:\.... => Right click Run As Administrator SolarWinds-NPM-v10.5-Full.exe => Next

4) Type "YES" then Next

 

5) Tick "Accept the terms" then Next

 

6) Next and wait for the installation process.

7) Finish

 8)  Next on Welcome to SolarWinds Configuration

9) Keep Next-ing until the updating take place and wait for it to finish. (this will keep the existing settings)

10)  Click Finish