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Installing Hotfixes

Hotfixes are released with each sub-releaseReleases combine a set of activities and a set of packages as well as other release artifacts under a timeline (a plan including milestones and phases), which can be planned, baselined and tracked.. They serve to remove possible malfunctions and defects. Please note that the most current hotfix always includes the modifications of previous hotfixes. It is therefore not necessary to install all previous hotfixes in order to have all modifications included in your AE system.

Use the guidelines for upgrading an AE system if you intend to upgrade to a new version of AE.

Messages and message numbers can also change within hotfixes. Adjust them if they have a control functionPre-defined run book template in the Automation Engine. One single step only, e.g. Start Windows Service, Copy file,… in your AE system. The message-comparing program UCCMPMSL.EXE lists all messages that have changed.

Procedure

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Downloading a Hotfix

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Installing a Hotfix

The installation procedure depends on the componentA component is a single deployable application artifact. As an example, this can be yourfile.war to be deployed into a Tomcat container. Each component has different properties which determine where to get it from, how to configure it, etc. You will need one component per application artifact: e.g., one for the application tier and one for the database backend. that is to be updated.

 


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