14.5.1 Replacing an entire application EAR file

To replace a full EAR with a newer version...

1.	Select Applications  | Enterprise Applications. Select the application to update and click the Update button.

2.	On the Preparing for the application installation window, select the Replace the entire application option.

3.	Select either the Local file system or Remote file system option. Click the Browse button to select the updated EAR file. Click Next.

4.	Proceed through the remaining windows and make any changes necessary. For information about the windows, see Deploying the application. On the Summary window, click Finish.

5.	When the application has been updated in the Master repository, select the Save link.

6.	If you are working in a distributed server environment, make sure that you also synchronize the changes with the nodes.

7.	If the application update changes the set of URLs handled by the application (servlet mappings added, removed, or modified), make sure the Web server plug-in is regenerated and propagated to the Web server.

It may take a few seconds for the WebSphere run time to pick up the changes and restart the application as necessary. If your changes do not seem to have effect, wait and try again. You can also look at the SystemOut.log file for the appserver to see when it has restarted the application.