short tutorial: upgrading Content Server

Upgrading your Content Server on Windows Server OS

The current version of xCelerated Composition Platform (xCP) is version 1.5 (6.6 release). It is not possible to update the entire software platfrom 1.5 to 1.6 (6.7 release).

Note: Due to changes in the licensing of some 3rd party components that are used in the xCP Developer Edition, the 1.6 release has been delayed.  Please watch this page for an announcement of its availability. 

https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-7850

The first step is to upgrade the Content Server from the released version 6.6 to the current version 6.7 SP1. Here is the upgrade checklist with additional screenshots and comments.

checklist

1. Back up the repository.
2. Back up  customized formats(dm_format objects)

   

3. Run the consistency checker job or dmbasic syntax (optional, if you are not upgrading an new xCP installation)
4. Disable all jobs in the Documentum Administrator
5. Shut down the repository and the connection broker (docbroker) in the Server Manager
6. Shut down the Documentum Java Method Server services. Switch the start up method from automatic to manual to ensure that the services does not start automatically after a host restart.
7. Start the installation
8. install xPlore or FAST search engine (FAST is not supported)

   

9. select upgraderepository and docbrocker

   

10. don’t select create additional repository or docbrocker and finish the section

    

11. finish installation, check install logfile in the source folder
12. restart the environment (check Java memory size in Windows Task Manager, check the Documentum Services in the Windows Services, check the log files in the new JBoss 5.1 folder)
13. stop the Application Server Service
14. deploy JBoss war files for Taskspace, Administrator etc. in the deploy folder
15. restart Application Server Service
16. install DAR applications (Taskspace, Administrator etc.) using Composer 6.7 DARInstaller