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For Universal Controller 7.12.x, applying maintenance refers to the increase from a currently installed 6.1.x or later release of the Controller to a 7.12.x release of the Controller (for example, increase Controller 6.2.0.1 to Controller 7.02.0.0).

If you want to increase Controller 5.2.0 to Controller 7.12.x, you must perform an upgrade. The procedures for upgrading differ from the procedures for applying maintenance (see Upgrading Universal Controller from 5.2.0).

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For Universal Controller 7.12.x, upgrading refers to the increase of its currently installed 5.2.0 version to a 7.12.x version (for example, upgrading Controller 5.2.0.5 to Controller 7.02.0.0).

You cannot upgrade to Controller 7.12.x from versions prior to 5.2.0 (for example, 5.1.1).

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Step 1

From the Stonebranch Customer Portal, download the Universal Controller 7.12.x package (for instructions, see Downloading Universal Controller Software).

Step 2

Unpack the Universal Controller distribution file, using the following method appropriate for your platform:
 
Windows
Use an appropriate archiving / unzipping product.
 
Linux/Unix

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Step 3

Stop the Tomcat container in which the Passive cluster node is deployed.
 
Windows
Use the services application to stop Tomcat. You also can issue the stop command on a command line:
 

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UNIX
Stop the daemon using the script found in the /etc/init.d directory for Tomcat.
 

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Windows or UNIX
Stop the service using the $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.bat or $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh scripts:

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Step 4

Stop the Tomcat container in which the Active cluster node is deployed, using one of the methods shown in Step 3.

Step 5

For the Active cluster node deployment:

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If you want to rename the deployment directory and uc.war for back-up, you must do so outside of the Tomcat folder.

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We recommend that all Universal Controller users clear their browser cache and close their browser prior to re-opening and navigating back to the Universal Controller URL to ensure that the most recent client updates are loaded.

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If you have deployed any JDBC driver jar files (or in the case of DB2, a JDBC driver license jar file) to the $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/uc/WEB-INF/lib directory, you must recopy these files to this directory and restart Tomcat after your initial validation.

Step 6

Repeat Step 5 for the Passive cluster node deployment.

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Step 1

From the Home dashboard, verify that the System Details widget displays the appropriate Universal Controller release.
 

Step 2

From the Agents and Connections navigation pane, select Agents > All Agents or Agents > <type of Agent>. You will see a list similar to the following example. Make sure the Status of the Agent is Active.
 

Step 3

From the Agents and Connections navigation pane, select System > OMS Servers. You will see a list similar to the following example. Make sure the Status of the OMS Servers are Connected.
 

Step 4

For more information about these components in the Universal Controller user interface, see: