While I wait for my RD server to show back up....

I can still think through and look at my notes from previous attempts, before my RD server went away...

I need to upgrade from WAPP 22 to WAMP 25.  WAMP 25 has versions of php and apache needed for moodle to upgrade past version 2.6.11.  That is my plan, to upgrade each of the four servers . At a later date, to then upgrade moodle from 2.6.11 to 2.9.x or maybe even 3.0

These are steps and thoughts to follow

Ensure first that the c drive on the server has ample free space to copy the entire wamp folder.   Below are current sizes of the wamp folder on each server.

• .10 wamp folder = 1.95 GB
• .9 wamp folder =  3.2 GB
• .8 wamp folder =  2.2 GB
• .7 wamp folder =   5.3 GB

1) Take the WAMP service off line - then exit it, from memory.  This will allow the renaming of the wamp folder and hopefully the proper install of the new wamp25.

2) rename the wamp folder from wamp to wamp22.

3) execute the wamp25 installer, located in c:\server downloades

•  follow and accept defaults
•   hopefully nothing about annoying file, vcredist_x64.exe missing. 
•   the vcredist_x64 and _x86 are both located in c:\server downloades

Once the WAMP 25 installer is complete - you have to move content from the WAMP22 folder.

Rename the new default mysql data folder in the WAMP25 directory, appending new or not_to_be_used to the end of it.  Copy the data folder from the old install (now called WAMP22) into the data folder in the new install.

4) In the new WMAP25 folder, rename wamp\bin\mysql5.6.17\data to wamp\bin\mysql5.6.17\data-original

     4.5) copy the content of the  wamp22\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.24\data folder into        wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.17\data  include the \data\ folder and its content

5) Activate the vhost directive in the new apache .ini file. wamp\bin\apache\2.4.9\conf\httpd.conf (line 513)

6) rename the vhost file wamp\bin\apache\2.4.9\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf to httpd-vhosts.con-original

8) copy the file wamp22\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
to wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\extra\

9) after moving it, edit the httpd-vhosts.conf file - using apache 2.4 style directive.

Depending on the server, the apache file will have more or less statements like this, one each for each moodle instance on the server.  for example

Directory "c:\wamp\www\student"
    Require all granted
Directory

10) Restart the WAMP25 service - using the systray icon

11) Remove the old mysql service
Remove the old apache service

12) Create a new mysql service
Create a new apache service

13) Copy the wamp22\www folder into the wamp\www folder - this moves all the moodle code over to new install (again, make sure there is ample drive space to do this)

14) Restart wamp services

15) Update the php ini file in the new install at wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.9\bin\php.ini

Make the following changes to php.ini

•    post_max_size = 1024 M
•    upload_max_filesize = 1024 M
•    max_execution_time = -1
•    max_input_time = -1
•    add this line to the end of the file :max_input_vars = 5000 

for the student install, you will have to also update the wamp\www\sync_enrollments_genius.bat file - changing the php pathfrom 5.3.13 to 5.x.x

c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\php.exe -f c:\wamp\www\student\auth\db\cli\sync_users.php
c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\php.exe -f c:\wamp\www\student\enrol\database\cli\sync.php