2020 2803.00 MR Readme

Appeon PowerServer 2020 MR 2803.00 (For All Versions on Linux) Readme

Last revised: September 14, 2023

Contents:

Introduction
Checking existing Appeon component versions
MR installation notes
Checking Appeon component versions after MR installation
MR uninstallation notes
Appendix

Introduction

The Appeon PowerServer 2020 MR 2803.00 (For All Versions on Linux) is a setup program that updates the following Appeon components installed from the installation package of Appeon PowerServer 2020 2323.00 (English) or above:

PowerServer Web & Mobile
PowerServer Web Component

When applying this MR, please make sure to update your developer and production servers, and do a full deployment of your application after the MR has been applied.

For detailed release notes (including bug fixes and improvements) of this maintenance release, refer to https://docs.appeon.com/ps2020/release_bulletin_for_ps/Build-2803-MR.html.

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Checking existing Appeon component versions

This MR can only be applied to Appeon PowerServer 2020 2323.00 or above. If you have an older version please contact support@appeon.com. The MR setup program will automatically check which Appeon components and versions are already installed before performing any update. You can find out the PowerServer version in AEM:

Step 1: Launch AEM and input the login user name and password.
Step 2: In the Welcome page, view the PowerServer version number on the top right corner.

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MR installation note

Installing the MR on JBoss/JEUS/IIS .NET
Run the MR setup program on all computers containing an Appeon component that needs updating.

Installing the MR on WebSphere
Run the MR setup program on all computers containing an Appeon component that needs updating. In order to make the MR update of PowerServer take effect on the WebSphere, go to Applications > Enterprise Applications in the WebSphere Server Administrator Console, and then click the Update button.

Installing the MR on WebLogic
Run the MR setup program on all computers containing an Appeon component that needs updating. When you update the PowerServer, please follow the instructions below:
1. Exit the WebLogic Server.
2. Run the MR setup program.
3. Check the staging mode in WebLogic (see Table-1) and then follow the instructions regarding different staging modes and WebLogic versions to make the MR update take effect (see Table-2).
4. Restart WebLogic Server.

Table -1: How to check the staging mode

WebLogic Versions	Checking Steps
8	Log in to the WebLogic Administrative Console, and choose Deployments > Applications > appeonserver. The staging mode lists in the General sub-tab page in the Configuration window.
9, 10, 11g, 12	Log in to the WebLogic Administrative Console, and click the Deployments item. In the Summary of Deployments window, click the appsdir_appeonserver_ear item. The staging mode lists in the Overview page.

Table -2: Instructions to update the MR

Staging Mode	WebLogic Version	Instructions
Stage	8	1) Use the new appeonserver.ear file under .\WEBLOGIC_INSTALLATION_PATH\appeon to replace the old appeonserver.ear file under the .\WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY\applications for every PowerServer instance. 2) Go to Deployments > Applications > appeonserver, in the Deploy window click the Redeploy Application button to deploy all modules in the PowerServer so to make the MR update take effect. The MR update takes effect when the Status of Last Action column is successful after the redeployment.
Stage	9, 10, 11g, 12	If PowerServer (appsdir_appeonserver_ear) is marked as autodeployed, you need to delete the temporary files of the appsdir_appeonserver_ear package. If you cannot find the temporary file please refer to the instructions in the Appendix.
Nostage	8	Use the new appeonserver.ear file under .\WEBLOGIC_INSTALLATION_PATH\appeon to replace the old appeonserver.ear file under the .\WEBLOGIC_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY\applications for every PowerServer instance. The MR update will take effect automatically when you restart WebLogic.
Nostage	9, 10, 11g, 12	The MR update will take effect automatically when you restart WebLogic.
External_stage	All versions	Copy the appeonserver.ear file from .\WEBLOGIC_INSTALLATION_PATH\appeon to the directory that you specified for every PowerServer instance.

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Checking Appeon component versions after MR installation

After the MR installation, you can get the version number (2020 2803.00) of PowerServer in AEM using the same instructions in Checking existing Appeon component versions.

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MR uninstallation note

There is no separate uninstall program for Appeon MR. Uninstalling the Appeon components will automatically uninstall the MR.

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Appendix

Instructions of checking the location of the temporary file in WebLogic:
1) Log in to WebLogic Administrative Console.
2) Click Servers item listed in the middle of the Home page.
3) Select AdminServer (assuming your PowerServer is installed to this instance).
4) In the Settings of AdminServer window, click the Deployment tab in the Configuration window, the path listed in the Staging Directory Name is the location of the temporary file.

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