Upgrade v4, v5 to v6

At the further development of our products we attach great importance to the update capability. Therefore it is possible to migrate even older database states of Password Safe in a current version. The migration of the data is made by means of a PSX backup, which can be created from version 3.5 on. The backup can always be stated in the database assistant at the creation of a new database (client and server).

Before you migrate your database to the current version, you have to create a backup with the older version. We suggest a copy of the database file as well as a "PSX backup", which you can also use for the migration later. Besides you have to make sure that you own the necessary passwords (database password, administrator password, etc.).

You can find more information on the import of PSX backups under the following link: Import of PSX backups (v4, v5, v6

If you should already be a version 5 customer with silver or gold software maintenance, please check before an update if your software maintenance is still valid. If yes, you can upgrade to the current version for free.

If you are v4 customer or v5 customer with bronze support, please buy the according new licenses before the update. Our sales team will be pleased to make you an offer (sales@passwordsafe.de).

Download and install the new Password Safe version. The clients of the old version can remain installed until you do not need them anymore. The clients of both versions will run on one computer parallel without problems. The older version can just be uninstalled later. In case you have licensed the module "network logon", please notice that this has to be configured again after an update. Make sure that the client can read in the profile file. Start the client and log in at the database as "administrator". Confirm the message that the database can only be opened with the current version.

Attention:

The servers in an Enterprise server installation can not be operated parallel to older versions! If the server from version 6 will be installed, the server of version 5 will be automatically uninstalled.

If you operate Password Safe in the network share, only all program files can be exchanged. If Password Safe should be be installed locally on the workstation, you can roll out Password Safe as usually.