Upgrade SFMCBDE to 7.0 on-prem
This topic describes how to upgrade Sitecore Connect for Salesforce Marketing Cloud Behavioral Data Exchange (SFMCBDE) on a content management or standalone server to 7.0.
Upgrading SFMCBDE to 7.0 involves:
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Upgrading Sitecore Experience Platform (SXP) to 10.2
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Upgrading Data Exchange Framework (DEF) to 7.0
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Cleaning old SFMCBDE items from the SXP database
Before you upgrade SFMCBDE, you must have the following:
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Sitecore Experience Platform 10.1 or earlier.
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Sitecore Data Exchange Framework (DEF) 6.0 or earlier.
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SFMCBDE 6.0 or earlier.
To upgrade SFMCBDE:
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Download the Upgrade Guide for Sitecore Experience Platform for SXP 10.2.0 from the Sitecore download page. Follow the Upgrade Guide to prepare the upgrade and set up the
Sitecore.UpdateApp
tool. When you get to the Clean the content databases section, perform the following instructions before continuing with the Upgrade Guide. -
From the Resource files for Modules page, download the SFMCBDE Upgrade resources package.
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Extract the
SFMC - BDE Upgrade resources 1.0.0.zip
package to a local directory. -
Open the
SFMC - BDE Upgrade resources 1.0.0\<version>\Data
folder (for the version you are upgrading from), and copy the.dat
files that are included in thecore
,master
, andweb
folders, to the corresponding folder paths under\Sitecore.UpdateApp\
. For example:-
Copy the
Data\Items\master\items.master.sfmcbde.dat
files and paste it in the\Sitecore.UpdateApp\Data\Items\master
folder. -
Copy the
Data\Items\web\items.web.sfmcbde.dat
file, and paste it in the\Sitecore.UpdateApp\Data\Items\web
folder.
NoteEach folder under the path
\Sitecore.UpdateApp\Data\Items\
now contains two files, that is, the file you just copied and theitems.<master/web/core>.dat
file. -
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Add DEF upgrade files to the Sitecore upgrade.
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When you have added the upgrade files for SFMCBDE, DEF, and any connector modules you have installed, continue with the instructions in the Upgrade Guide to clean up the databases and upgrade your Sitecore installation.
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Download and install the Sitecore Connect for SFMC Behavioral Data Exchange 7.0 Package.
If you have created tenants in previous versions of the connector, the tenants work as usual after the upgrade. You do not have to upgrade them.