Best Approach to upgrade in Jasper the Tomcat version

[Mario Luque]

Hello team

We have Clarity PPM 15.6 with Jaspersoft 7.1 and Tomcat 8.5.30 on premise.

With Clarity 15.8.1, Jaspersoft is 7.1 (same version) but with Apache Tomcat 8.5.53.

What is the best approach here to only upgrade apache tomcat in a Jasper server?:

1 - Copy & paste from the OLD webapps\<jasperwebcontext> into the NEW Apache folder?
2 - Re install Jasper from scratch in that server using the apache 8.5.53?
3 - Other approach?

Thanks

Best Regards!!

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Senior Vintage PPM Consultant (since 7.0 version)
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[Martti Kinnunen]

Not answering your question, but just wondering again...

Is that different from upgrading tomcat in Clarity?
I have always just unzipped the tomcat archive to d:\tomcat
When it is an upgrade renamed that to tomcat_old and unzipped the new version to d:\tomcat
Simple and worked for me this far.

Martti K.

Clarity consultant (since version 6.0.4)

[Mario Luque]

Hi Martti.

Thanks for your msg.

The approach here is only for Jaspersoft. For PPM 15.6, 15.7, 15.8 etc, Jasper is the same version (apparently, the 7.1)  but with differents tomcats versions. How can you upgrade jasper in this case where only the tomcat is different?.

Of course you can re install (Point 2 from my approach) but i mean in something more faster like point 1 (copy and paste). Will possible??

[Raul Montejano]

Hi Mario,

If you are not going to upgrade the Jasper version, then there should not be necessary to modify its Tomcat version.

Aren't you probably upgrading Jasper from 7.1 to 7.1.3?

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/business-management/clarity-project-and-portfolio-management-ppm-on-premise/15-7-1/installing-and-upgrading/upgrade-clarity-ppm/upgrade-jaspersoft-and-migrate-advanced-reporting-content.html

Cheers,
Raúl

[Mario Luque]

Gracias Raul

But imagine, such as,  in case your IT Team said that you need to upgrade your tomcat version for a vulnerability......

Or you are in a upgrade to 15.8 (from 15.6 or 15.6.1) and Jasper is the same version........... but different tomcats

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Senior Vintage PPM Consultant (since 7.0 version)
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[Raul Montejano]

De nada Mario,

To avoid problems, follow the instructions on the guide:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/business-management/clarity-project-and-portfolio-management-ppm-on-premise/15-7-1/installing-and-upgrading/upgrade-clarity-ppm/upgrade-jaspersoft-and-migrate-advanced-reporting-content.html

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As an on-premise customer, if you decide to upgrade, you must use the Clarity Jaspersoft installer, a customized wrapper written on top of the original third-party installer. Only the CA installer (a ZIP archive you can download) can be used to install Jaspersoft and integrate it with Clarity for reporting.
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Cheers,
Raúl

[Mario Luque]

Gracias/Thanks

So basically re install ...

And from 7.1 to 7.1.3??.

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Senior Vintage PPM Consultant (since 7.0 version)
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[Raul Montejano]

Yes, Mario

And from 7.1 to 7.1.3 it is the same. 

Although Jaspersoft 7.1.3 is a maintenance update and 7.1 represents a new release, and neither are labeled 

patches

, their upgrade steps are relatively easy, similar to a patch. You can download 7.1.3 and install or upgrade much like a patch.

This full process is documented on the upgrade process:
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/business-management/clarity-project-and-portfolio-management-ppm-on-premise/15-7-1/installing-and-upgrading/upgrade-clarity-ppm/clarity-ppm-jaspersoft-7-1-upgrade-assistant.html

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/business-management/clarity-project-and-portfolio-management-ppm-on-premise/15-7-1/installing-and-upgrading/upgrade-clarity-ppm/upgrade-jaspersoft-and-migrate-advanced-reporting-content.html

Cheers,
Raúl

[Suman Pramanik]

Hi Mario,

Great question and here are the steps you should follow 

Pre-Requisite 

1. Back up the Jaspersoft installation folder 

Steps to upgrade Tomcat with Jaspersoft 

1. Logged in as admin in to the Jaspersoft application server
2. Downloaded the .zip version of Apache Tomcat 8.5.53
3. Unzipped and copied the reportservice folder from 8.5.xx to 8.5.53 webapps folder.
4. Compare 8.5.xx with 8.5.53 and see if any jar files are missing in 8.5.53, if yes please copy
5. Started the tomcat service.
6. Tried opening http://localhost:8080/reportservice and it should come up with login screen
7. Ran "admin jaspersoft syncPPMContext -userName superuser -password superuser"
8. Ran create and update jasper users job.
9. Tried running one report and it should return results.



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Thanks & Regards
Suman Pramanik
Sr. Principal Support Engineer | Customer Success & Support, Enterprise Software Division
Broadcom
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