Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Deploying and managing application editions without loss of service
The application edition manager manages interruption-free production application deployments. Interruption-free deployment prevents loss of service when you install an application update in your environment.
Before you begin
Ensure that WebSphere XD environment contains V6.1 with FixPack 3 installed.
If you are a user with either a monitor or an operator role, then you can only view the edition manager information. If you have the role of configurator or administrator, then you have all the configuration privileges for the application edition manager.
About this task
Deploy and use application editions when you install or update applications. You can perform an upgrade while maintaining application continuous availability. You can also use the application edition manager if you are using the Compute Grid component and want to perform a rollout to Compute Grid applications. These are Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications that conform to one of the grid programming models.
Procedure
- Install an edition. To install an edition, specify the edition information when you install an application. See Installing an edition for more information.
- Activate the application. When an edition is first installed, the edition is in the inactive state. You cannot restart an inactive edition. After you activate the edition, you can start the edition. See Activating an edition for more information.
- To concurrently host and access multiple application editions residing on multiple deployment targets, see Activating concurrent editions.
- To test an edition, see Validating an edition.
- To replace an active edition with a new edition, see Rollout an edition.
- To roll back to a previous edition, see Rollback an edition.
Subtopics
Application edition manager
Related concepts
Application edition manager concepts
Related reference
Administrative roles and privileges