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Upgrading from earlier versions

There is no direct upgrade path, some manual steps are involved :

  • We assume that the current installation is under /path/current_ppack, adjust procedure accordingly.
  • We assume the version you want to install is version XXYY
  1. Create a folder /path/ppackXXYY
  2. Unzip the new product zip file under /path/ppackXXYY
  3. Copy /path/current_ppack/config/custom/*.conf to /path/ppackXXYY/config/custom/
  4. Copy /path/ current_ppack/product.lic to /path/ ppackXXYY
  5. Copy (recursively and merging folders) /path/ current_ppack /data to /path/ ppackXXYY/data
  6. From /path/ current_ppack /security, recursively copy all files to /path/ ppackXXYY/security
  7. Ensure file permissions & ownerships in /path/ppackXXYY are set identically to /path/ current_ppack
  8. Rename /path/current_ppack to /path/ppack.old and /path/ppackXXYY to /path/ current_ppack
  9. For cell(s) that use ProactivePack event classes, data classes, rules and remote actions, update the following files :

 

Filename

Content

Location

classes/Maintenance_Data.baroc

Blackout data classes

Blackout cell

classes/Maintenance_Event.baroc

Blackout event classes

Blackout cell

rules/Maintenance_Event.mrl

Blackout rules

Blackout cell

rules/Maintenance_Impact.mrl

Blackout rules

Blackout cell