pp108 : Upgrading Applications using Application Deployer

Upgrading Applications using Application Deployer
This topic provides a detailed procedure on upgrading your applications using the Application Deployer task.

Note:

  • An application is displayed for upgrade only when its build or version number is greater than its existing version.
    You can view the status of the applications before deploying or upgrading them.
  • Application packages of .isvp format cannot be upgraded with packages of .cap format. You have to undeploy the packages in the .isvp package and redeploy the packages in the .cap format.

You can view the status of the applications before deploying or upgrading them.

  1. On CUSP > My Applications, click (Application Deployer). A Deployment Overview page appears, displaying all the applications in the Application List pane on the right-side.
  2. Click Browse in the Deployment Overview page, select the required application to be upgraded, click OKand do one of the following:
    • Click Upload to select and upload the application. After the application package is uploaded, click New to view the details of the application.
    • Click Upload and Deploy to upload and start the deployment process. The Application Deployerwizard is displayed. This option will directly start deploying application after uploading is done.

      Note: Alternatively, you can copy the Application Packages to be installed to the <Process_Platform_Installation_Directory>/capcontent/packages folder.
  3. Right-click the required application and select (Deploy). The Application Deployer wizard appears displaying the Package Impact screen. For the remaining procedure, refer to the steps provided for Deploying Applications using Application Deployer.

The application is upgraded in the Application Deployer.
If you encounter any issues while upgrading or stop upgrading and go back to the earlier version, you can use the Rollback option. Refer to Rolling back application packages for more information.