When an update is installed, the old version of the binary is replaced with a
new one. When there are many updates or Service Packs installed on the computer,
these old binary versions may take up a large amount of space on the computer.
Hence, to save space on your client computers, you can configure
nExpireUpdates registry key. If there has been no install
activity during the specified number of days, once you restart the services,
this key will remove all updates in the updates folder. Thereafter, the existing updates
on the computer cannot be uninstalled.
Use the following steps to configure this capability on each client
computer:
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers.
Right-click the <Client> you want to configure, and then
click Properties.
Consider the following for applying updates in computers with the Content
Indexing Engine software:
Updates for the Content Indexing Engine can be installed interactively -
Automatic Update are not supported. Use the following sequence to install
the updates on these computers:
Verify that no Content Indexing jobs are in progress or scheduled to
occur while installing the updates. If Content Indexing jobs are
running or scheduled to run, either install the update at another time or
kill the job in the Job Controller and disable all Content Indexing jobs
from the CommServe Properties (Activity Control) dialog box in the
CommCell Console.
First, stop the Content Indexing Services in all the Index/Storage Nodes
and then stop the services in the Admin Node.
Follow the below procedure
to stop the services:
Log on to the computer containing the Content
Indexing Engine software.
Click Start menu, and then click Run.
Type services.msc in the text field and press
enter.
From the services.msc console, Right-click the FAST ESP service, and
then click Stop.
Install the necessary Updates.
First, start the Content Indexing Services in the Admin Node, and then
start the services in all the Index/Storage Nodes.
Follow the below
procedure to start the services:
Log on to the computer containing the Content
Indexing Engine software.
Click Start menu, and then click Run.
Type services.msc in the text field and press enter.
From the services.msc console, Right-click the FAST ESP service,
and click Start.
Enable Activity Control if it was disabled and re-run the job if
necessary.
When installing updates, make sure that all nodes in a multi-node setup have the
same set of updates - mismatches in the updates should be avoided
To allow individual database updates to be installed without stopping software
services, create and enable the
nForceApplyDBUpdates
registry key. This is especially useful in a clustered environment. Note that
this registry key (even when enabled) does not affect non-database updates.
When installing updates on a DB2 client, if the database configuration parameter
LOGARCHMETH1 is set to
VENDOR, you need to stop the DB2 services before
installing updates.
How To Recover from Update Install Failures?
Use the following steps to recover from an Update Install failure.