epenney, an 8 hour upgrade is extremely unusual. If you'd like to determine why the upgrade is taking so long, I suggest opening a case with support. We'd be interested in looking a diagnostic before and after the upgrade to give us a better idea where the slowdown is occurring in your installation. Another option would be to consolidate your detailed data into hourly data before the upgrade, then increasing it again once the upgrade has completed. We believe this should significantly improve the speed of the upgrade, and reduce your down time.
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| • | Change SAM's detail retention period to minimum (1 day). [Settings -> SAM Settings -> Data and Database Settings] |
| • | Run DB maintenance [Start -> Programs -> SolarWinds Orion -> Advanced Features -> Database Maintenance] |
| • | Increase SAM's retention period back to default value after upgrade. |