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Pre-Uninstall Steps
- Take a backup of Cloud Assert billing database. 
- Take a backup of the following files from their respective locations. 
File Name
File Path
Web.config
C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling
License.cal
C:\inetpub\MgmtSvc-CloudAssertBilling\bin
CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService.exe.config
C:\ProgramFiles\CloudAssertBilling\CloudAssert.WAP.Billing.AgentService
web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingAdminExtension
web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingTenantExtension
Web.config
C:\inetpub\AzureStack-BillingRP
Uninstallation Steps
- Uninstall existing Usage and Billing installers from Add or Remove Programs on the resource provider machine. 
- Delete ‘CloudAssertBilling’ from ‘C:\Program Files’ if present after uninstalling Billing Agent Service setup. 
Installation Steps
- Extract the billing installers to a desired location 
- To install the Billing API and Agent service components via command line, download the ‘setup.bat’ file here 
- Copy the initialize.ini file from the following location ‘C:\Packages\Plugins\Microsoft.Powershell.DSC\2.19.0.0\DSCWork\setupBillingConfiguration.0\AzureStack.Billing.Setup.1.0.0\content\Setup\Packages’ 
- Place ‘setup.bat’ and ‘initialize.ini’ (which are acquired from the above steps) files in the folder where the billing installers have been extracted. 
Install Billing API Service
- Open a command prompt as administrator. 
- Navigate to the billing installers folder. 
- Run ‘setup.bat install-api’. 
Install Billing Admin Extension
- In the command prompt, change the directory to the AdminExtension folder 
- Run the command “CloudAssert.AzureStack.Billing.AdminExtension.deploy.cmd /y” 
Install Billing Tenant Extension
- In the command prompt, change the directory to the TenantExtension folde 
- Run the command “CloudAssert.AzureStack.Billing.TenantExtension.deploy.cmd /y” 
Install Billing RP
- In the command prompt, change the directory to the RP folder 
- Run the command “CloudAssert.MAS.Billing.ResourceProvider.deploy.cmd /y” 
Install Billing Agent Service
- Refresh the admin/tenant portal and verify that Billing extension is working fine 
- Open a command prompt as administrator 
- Navigate to the billing installers folder 
- Run ‘setup.bat install-agent’. 
Post Installation Steps
- Download the Billing Tool here and extract it 
- Open a command prompt as administrator 
- Navigate to the billing tool folder 
- Run the ‘UpdateDatabase’ command in BillingTool.exe as below, 

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