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Updating a network deployment
Install fixes for Lotus Connections in a network deployment.
Download the update wizard and the latest recommended interim fix or fix pack.
Ensure that you have backed up your databases, using native database tools.
Update at a time when no one is logged into Lotus Connections. For more information, see the Prepare Lotus Connections for maintenance topic.
You must update all the features in a network deployment; you cannot update individual features.
You can use the update wizard to install the fix in silent or interactive mode. To update a network deployment...
The download package provides full instructions for installing the fix.
- Install the fix pack on the WebSphere Application Server installation that hosts the first node of the cluster. Installing the fix pack on the first node updates the *.ear files on the dmgr. The *.ear files on the first node are updated after you synchronize the cluster.
You can always identify the first node because its LC_ROOT contains a version Subsequent nodes do not have a version under the LC_ROOT
- Synchronize the nodes in the cluster. The synchronization updates the *.ear files and configuration files on the first node.
- Verify that the *.ear files of all the Lotus Connections features have been extracted properly by navigating to each feature in a Web browser. If you encounter an error, restart each server that hosts a feature.
Results
Your Lotus Connections 2.5 network deployment has been updated.
- Enable and disable synchronization
After you have updated Lotus Connections, enable or disable synchronization of nodes in a network deployment.
Updating Lotus Connections 2.5
Updating a stand-alone deployment
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