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Upgrade instance

Upgrade

Upgrading ActiveServer is a simple process that only requires the as.jar to be replaced with the new version.

To upgrade your existing ActiveServer instance to the latest version:

  1. Stop the ActiveServer instance node.

  2. Open the ActiveServer directory and back up the old as.jar file (simply copy or save in an archive) in case a roll back is required.

  3. Back up the ActiveServer database (refer to your database documentation for back up processes and requirements specific to your database).

  4. Download and extract the new ActiveServer package into a temporary directory and copy the as.jar file to your ActiveServer directory.

  5. Start up the ActiveServer instance node. ActiveServer will automatically upgrade the database as necessary during the startup. Then the upgrade process is complete.

Clustering environment upgrade

In a clustering environment where multiple ActiveServer nodes are deployed with the same database, the database upgrade process will be handled automatically so that only one node at a time can migrate the database. The startup process of the rest of the nodes in the cluster will be blocked until the database migration is done by the first node.

Rollback

In case you need to roll back to your previous version of ActiveServer:

  1. Stop the ActiveServer instance node.

  2. Open the ActiveServer directory and back up the old as.jar file (simply copy or save in an archive) if required.

  3. Restore your previous as.jar into the ActiveServer directory.

  4. Restore the ActiveServer database that you have previously backed up.

  5. Start ActiveServer.