How to Update

Owned by Martin Gudme Søndergaard
Last updated: Nov 04, 2022 by Simon Toftedal Hansen - STH
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How to update CapaInstaller

Planning

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Plan Upgrade

When planning an update of CapaInstaller we recommend the following actions.

  1. You should plan on running the update procedure in a service window where the system load is low and where downtime for CapaInstaller services will have a small or no impact.

  2. Be prepared to either have CapaInstaller Security enabled and run the update as a member of the System Administrators group or to run it as a member of the CapaInstaller Administrator group. If these security requirements are not met you will not be able to patch CapaInstaller.

  3. During installation or update of Capainstaller please observe if an antivirus utility locks one or more files when they are being copied to the server. If so, it can be necessary to disable the virus protection during the update process.

Preparation

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  1. Backup your CapaInstaller Database.
  2. Lock the server by selecting Lock this server in > Management server properties.
  3. Download the latest Setup. This is only necessary if updating between Major release versions > CapaInstaller Download.

Setup

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Run the Setup.

If you are updating an existing installation with a new minor build, just run the setup, and it will prompt you to download the latest version.

Click update to start the update process.


Select Remove downloaded files to clean up the downloaded files (C:\Program Files\Common Files\CapaInstaller\Setup)


After setup has completed patching of CapaInstaller, verify that the patched plug-in has been updated by starting the CapaInstaller Console.

Go to the Help menu and click About.

Verify that the version of the patched plug-ins equals the version number stated in the patch release notes.

For CapaInstaller related release notes please use our support system. (https://support.capasystems.com )


Updating the Management Portal

The Windows installer package is located in the root configuration management point share > "...\Resources\Management Portal\CapaInstaller Management Portal.msi"

      • Execute the Windows Installer package CapaInstaller Management Portal.msi
      • Select Next and complete the guided installer


Promote the updates

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      • Promote the updates for each sub-point to ensure system components are distributed to the sub-points.

        Select "Promote" on each point to be updated and select all the items to be promoted.




      • After the promote is finished update each server on the target Point.

        In the System Administration Plugin right-click the Management server to Update an select "Update now".


        Read more here: Update now.


      • When promoting to all sub-points are done and 'Update Now' requests are completed for all servers within the Points, then the Management Servers can be unlocked again.

        Validate Update Now requests are completed by checking the changelog for the server and see that synchronization is completed.

      • Promote OSD point Client and Core Components.


      • Update boot.wim files to ensure new components are added. Read more here: Create a boot image.


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