Upgrade existing FAST ESP 5.3 SP4 implementation to SP5

Hi,
We have a FAST ESP 5.3 SP4 implementation in our environment in Windows 2008 server OS. We want to upgrade it to SP5. What measures should I take before upgrading it.
We have SAM component available with us.
Is this up-gradation going to impact our existing implementation.
Santanu Mishra

HI Santanu,
As Patrick said, testing the service pack in a staging or development environment prior to applying to production is always recommended.
The ESP Update Installer guide provides how to install the update, but there is really nothing that must be done prior other than to source the environmental variables (if running on the Linux platform) and stop ESP.
There is also the ability to rollback the service pack if needed as well.
Let us know if you have more questions.
Thanks!
Rob Vazzana | Sr Support Escalation Engineer | US Customer Service & Support
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