Today we are proud to announce that 64-bit versions of all our ETL Products are available for download.
32-bit versus 64-bit
As the number of bits increases, there are two important benefits:
- More bits means that data can be processed in larger chunks which also means more accurately.
- More bits means our system can point to or address a larger number of locations in physical memory.
- 32-bit bit application could address (point to) 4 Gigabytes (GB) of memory in one go.
- 64-bit can potentially address up to 4 billion times that many locations.
When to use the 64-bit version.
We recommend using the 64-bit version for reading very large QVD files, sorting large data sets or when more than 4 Gigabytes of memory is required for data processing.
Installation procedure
Uninstall the old version first. The new version uses a different default program group ETL-Tools instead of DB Software Laboratory
Why it is important to uninstall?
Because if you install the software on top of the existing installation it would be difficult to use both versions at the same time
Special note for enterprise version:
Before uninstalling the product unregister Management Console but running the following commands
Management Console
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amc.exe /UNINSTALL (for Advanced ETL Processor)
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vmc.exe /UNINSTALL (for Visual Importer ETL)
Execution Agent
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aetlagent.exe /UNINSTALL (for Advanced ETL Processor)
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vimpagent.exe /UNINSTALL (for Visual Importer ETL)
Make sure that you Run it As Administrator
Why it is important?
Because in order to make both 64-bit and 32-bit versions work at the same we had to rename Windows services.
New Service
Old Service
Working with Access Databases and DBF files
Please follow this guide to install Access 64-bit engine among 32 version
How to install 64-bit Microsoft Database Drivers alongside 32-bit Microsoft Office
Testing
We did our best to test everything however it is still possible that we have missed something if it is the case please use our support forum to provide the feedback
