Upgrading from earlier versions

There is no direct upgrade path, andsome amanual migrationsteps shouldare be plannedinvolved :

• 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/ppack2309XXYY
2. Unzip the new product zip file under /path/ppack2309ppackXXYY
3. Copy /path/current_ppack/config/custom/*.conf to /path/ppackppackXXYY2309/config/custom/
4. Copy /path/ current_ppack/product.lic to /path/ ppack2309ppackXXYY
5. Copy (recursively and merging folders) /path/ current_ppack /data to /path/ ppackppackXXYY2309/data
6. From /path/ current_ppack /security, recursively copy all files to /path/ ppackppackXXYY2309/security
7. Ensure file permissions & ownerships in /path/ppackppackXXYY2309 are set identically to /path/ current_ppack
8. Rename /path/current_ppack to /path/ppack.old and /path/ppackppackXXYY2309 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