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Instructions for downloading Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.1 rev. 120427.
This is an old CMS 6.5 update.
This is a product Update. Sitecore recommends upgrading to this release when the fixes included in this release meets specific needs of your organization. If this release does not include specific fixes that your organization requires, you may benefit by waiting until Sitecore releases a Service Pack for this series before upgrading. This is especially true in production environments. To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy page.
13.1. Download Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.1 rev.120427
Choose the appropriate link to download Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 120427:
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Download the Sitecore web application installer (157 MB, .exe file)
Choose this link to download the setup.exe installation program (everything you need to get started).
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Download a ZIP of the file above (158 MB, ZIP archive)
Choose this link to download the setup.exe installation program if your network blocks the download of exe files.
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Download a ZIP archive of the Sitecore CMS site root (158 MB, ZIP archive)
Choose this link to install Sitecore manually (without the help of the setup.exe installation program)
To download Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 (rev. 120427) for JAPANESE users, choose one of the following links. After installation, check the Client Translations page for updated translations.
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Download the Sitecore web application installer for Japanese users (159 MB, .exe file)
Choose this link to download the setup.exe installation program (everything you need to get started).
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Download a ZIP of the file above (160 MB, ZIP archive)
Choose this link to download the setup.exe installation program if your network blocks the download of exe files.
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Download a ZIP archive of the Sitecore CMS site root (159 MB, ZIP archive)
Choose this link to install Sitecore manually (without the help of the setup.exe installation program)
Download DMS 2.0.1 rev. 120427 for Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev.120427
Choose one of the following links to download DMS 2.0.1 rev.120427 for Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev.120427:
- SQL Server.
Download DMS 2.0.1 rev.120427 (ZIP archive, 323 KB). - Oracle.
Download DMS 2.0.1 rev.120427 (ZIP archive, 29.3 KB).
You may also want to consider downloading additional tools:
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Download the Database Vendor Change Tool (141 KB, ZIP archive)
Choose this link to download a tool which allows you to use an alternative database storage vendor for your site. Please note, this tool is version specific! Be sure to download the version that corresponds to the installed Sitecore release. - Click this link to read more about the Database Vendor Change Tool.
13.2. To upgrade a previous Sitecore CMS 6 version to this release
Prerequisites
- Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 110602 or higher.
- If your Sitecore solution is based on an earlier version, then you must update to Sitecore 6.5.0 rev. 110602 before you install this update.
Instructions
This update requires the following files:
- Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 120427 Update Package (Sitecore Update, 28.5 MB)
- SQL Server
UpgradeDMS201_sql.zip - Oracle
UpgradeDMS201_oracle.zip
Follow the steps below to upgrade an existing Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.0 installation to Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.1 rev.120427:
- Back up the site.
- If you have Sitecore Analytics installed, upgrade the DMS database schema:
- SQL Server: Execute the DMS201.sql script on your Sitecore Analytics database.
- Oracle: Execute Oracle_DMS201.bat. Please refer to the Oracle-specific instructions at the bottom of this page.
- Make sure that the IIS is configured to allow access to the /sitecore/admin folder. Otherwise the next step might display a blank page instead of the Update Installation Wizard.
- Open the Update Installation Wizard by entering the following URL in your browser: http://<hostname>/sitecore/admin/UpdateInstallationWizard.html
See the Update Installation Wizard Guide for more information about how to use the wizard. - Install the Sitecore CMS 6.5.0 rev. 120427 update package using the wizard:
- Upload the update package using the wizard.
- Analyze the package.
- Install the package.
- If you are upgrading from CMS 6.5 Update-2 or earlier, you might see a number of errors when installing the update package (typically 35 errors will be reported related to page event items and goal items). In that case, install the update package once again by repeating step 5 above. On the 2nd installation, the items should be upgraded correctly and no errors should be reported.
- Update your configuration files.
- Apply the configuration file changes described here:
Configuration file changes in CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.1 rev. 120427 - If you are updating to the current update from 6.5.0 rev. 111123 (Update-2) or earlier, you must also apply these configuration file changes:
Configuration file changes in CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.0 rev. 111230 - If you are updating to the current update from 6.5.0 rev. 110818 (Update-1) or earlier, you must also apply these configuration file changes:
Configuration file changes in CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.0 rev. 111123 - If you are updating to the current update from 6.5.0 rev. 110602 (the initial release), you must also apply these configuration file changes:
Configuration file changes in CMS 6.5.0 and DMS 2.0.0 rev. 110818
- Apply the configuration file changes described here:
- If you have customized any of Engagement Analytics existing reports or created your own reports, the SQL statements for the reports might contain a "WITH (NOEXPAND)" hint. This hint only works with indexed views and should therefore be removed from the SQL.
- If you have Analytics installed, it is recommended to run the Control Panel > Analytics > Refresh Aggregated Data in Reports wizard before you go live with the upgraded solution.
- If you are upgrading from 6.5 Update-1 or earlier, start Sitecore and check which language the Sitecore login page is displayed in. It might no longer be displayed in English, depending on the value of the "DefaultLanguage" web.config setting. To switch the login page language, add a language="en" attribute to the "login" site definition.
- Clear your browser's cache. For instance, in Internet Explorer this is done via the menu Tools » Internet Options » Browsing History » Delete » Delete Temporary Internet Files.
- Rebuild your search indexes for the “Quick search index” (also for the master and core databases if you have such indexes) and rebuild the link database for the master and the core databases. You can do this using the wizards available on the Sitecore desktop: Sitecore » Control Panel » Database.
- If you are using client languages other than English, download and import the latest translations from the Client Translations page on SDN.
- Delete the <webroot>/temp/dictionary.dat file to regenerate the Dictionary (only necessary if any of your editors use other client languages than English).
- Publish the entire site (including system items, templates etc.) to every publishing target you have. To do it run Sitecore » Publish Site dialog. The "Republish" option is recommended.
- Check if any installed modules need to be upgraded to a newer version to be compatible with Sitecore CMS 6.5.
- Reiterate the update procedure for every Sitecore instance in your Sitecore environment.
Instructions for upgrading the database schema of Oracle databases
You will need the following files:
The zip file contains two files:
- Oracle_DMS201.bat – a Windows batch file that invokes Oracle_DMS201.sql for the following Sitecore schemas: analytics
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Oracle_DMS201.sql –an SQL*Plus script to upgrade the Sitecore DMS database schema to 2.0.1.
Should be executed before package installation.
Upgrade steps:
- Extract the SQL script and the batch file from the zip archive.
- Copy the SQL script and the batch file to the Database Server (or to the PC where the administration tools for the Oracle database are installed and set up).
- By default, the upgrade scripts will process one user schema: scanalytics (the actual name depends on the value of the PREFIX environment variable).
- If your user schema name is different or if you have additional Sitecore user schemas, modify the batch file as necessary (but do not add the core, master and web schemas – they use a different database schema and should not be upgraded).
- Shut down Sitecore.
- Back up your Sitecore schemas.
- Upgrade your DMS database schema.
- In System Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables set up user-level variables as follows:
- DATABASE = The name of the database instance that hosts the Sitecore data.
- PASSWORD = Password for the system user of the Oracle instance.
- PREFIX = Prefix for the Sitecore DMS user schema and its password (default value: 'sc').
- Notice that user password is expected to be the same as the user name.
- Launch Oracle_DMS201.bat.
- Review the output of the script for errors.
- Remove the DATABASE, PASSWORD and PREFIX variables from the environment.
- In System Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables set up user-level variables as follows:
- Start Sitecore.
- Continue with the CMS 6.5.0 Update-4 upgrade procedure as described above.

