Reviewed: 24/11/2020
Product Version:
AhsayOBS / AhsayRPS: Pre-7.3.2.0
OS: All platforms
Description:
How to install the latest patch set or hotfixes for AhsayOBS or AhsayRPS?
Steps:
This document contains the information of how to install the latest patch or hotfix for AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS.
Table of Contents:
- Upgrade path to the latest patch set / hotfixes
- How to install the latest patch set / hotfixes for AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS version 5.5.x
- How to install the latest patch set / hotfixes for AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS version 6.x
- How to auto update all AhsayOBM / ACB client agents
- Further information
Upgrade path to the latest patch set / hotfixes:
Please refer to Article #2288 for details on upgrade path to the latest patch set / hotfix versions.
How to install the latest patch set / hotfixes for AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS version 5.5.x:
Value of ${Install-Home} for various operating system:
- (Windows) C:\Program Files\AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS
- (Linux) /usr/local/obsr
- (Mac OS X) /Applications/AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS
If you are using an older releases, for example version 5.2, please follow the upgrade instructions provided in our Ahsay Backup Software Upgrade Guide instead.
- Download the following patch / hotfix file:
- Stable patch set releases (5.5.x.0) [Patch files for version 5.5.3.x upgrade to 5.5.8.0]:
AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS stable patch set for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
The zip files provided above may be empty if no new patch set have been released. More information on this release can be found in our Release Notes. - Hotfix releases (5.5.x.x) [Hotfix files for version 5.5.8.0 upgrade to 5.5.8.2]:
AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS hotfixes for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
You are advised to apply hotfixes here only to those machines experiencing bugs that have been stated as fixed in the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS 5.5.x.x Hotfix Release Notes exclusively.
- Stable patch set releases (5.5.x.0) [Patch files for version 5.5.3.x upgrade to 5.5.8.0]:
- Shutdown the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS service by:
- (Windows) [ Control Panel ] > [ Administrative Tools ] > [ Services ] > [ Ahsay Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server ]
- (Linux) Run [ service obsr stop ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / shutdown.sh ]
- (Mac OS X) Run [ SystemStarter stop "AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS" ]
- Install the patch set / hotfix files:
- (Windows) Expand [ obsr-win-patch.zip / obsr-win-hotfix.zip ] downloaded to [ ${Install-Home} ]
- (Linux) Expand [ obsr-nix-patch.zip / obsr-nix-hotfix.zip ] downloaded to [ ${Install-Home} ]
- (Mac OS X) Expand [ obsr-mac-patch.zip / obsr-mac-hotfix.zip ] downloaded to [ ${Install-Home} ]
Also, please do not leave the old obs55.jar in *.jar extension in the [ ${Install-Home} / webapps / obs / WEB-INF / lib ] directory (e.g. make sure that you delete original obs55.jar or rename it to obs55.jar.bak) - Startup the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS service by:
- (Windows) [ Control Panel ] > [ Administrative Tools ] > [ Services ] > [ Ahsay Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server ]
- (Linux) Run [ service obsr start ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / startup.sh ]
- (Mac OS X) Run [ SystemStarter start "AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS" ]
- Installation is now complete
How to install the latest patch set / hotfixes for AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS version 6.x:
Value of ${Install-Home} for various operating system:
- (Windows) C:\Program Files\AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS
- (Linux) /usr/local/obsr
If you are using an older releases, for example version 5.2, please follow the upgrade instructions provided in our Ahsay Backup Software Upgrade Guide instead.
- Download the following patch / hotfix file:
- Stable patch set releases (6.x.0.0) [color=#FF0000][Patch files for version 6.x upgrade to 6.29.0.0]:
AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS stable patch set for Windows, Linux / Solaris / FreeBSD
The zip files provided above may be empty if no new patch set have been released. More information on this release can be found in our Release Notes. - Hotfix releases (6.x.x.0) [No hotfix file available]:
AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS hotfixes for Windows, Linux / Solaris / FreeBSD
You are advised to apply hotfixes here only to those machines experiencing bugs that have been stated as fixed in the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS 6.x.x.x Hotfix Release Notes exclusively.
- Stable patch set releases (6.x.0.0) [color=#FF0000][Patch files for version 6.x upgrade to 6.29.0.0]:
- Shutdown the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS service by:
- (Windows) [ Control Panel ] > [ Administrative Tools ] > [ Services ] > [ Ahsay Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server ]
- (Linux) Run [ service obsr stop ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / shutdown.sh ]
- Install the patch set / hotfix files:
- (Windows) Expand [ obsr-win-patch.zip / obsr-win-hotfix.zip ] downloaded to [ ${Install-Home} ]
- (Linux) Expand [ obsr-nix-patch.zip / obsr-nix-hotfix.zip ] downloaded to [ ${Install-Home} ]
Be sure to expand all files within the zip archive to their path locations as in the zip archive (overwrite the existing files). For example, please expand the file, [ webapps / obs / WEB-INF / lib / obs.jar], inside the zip archive to [ ${Install-Home} / webapps / obs / WEB-INF / lib / obs.jar ].
Also, please do not leave the old obs.jar in *.jar extension in the [ ${Install-Home} / webapps / obs / WEB-INF / lib ] directory (e.g. make sure that you delete original obs.jar or rename it to obs.jar.bak) - Startup the AhsayOBS and AhsayRPS service by:
- (Windows) [ Control Panel ] > [ Administrative Tools ] > [ Services ] > [ Ahsay Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server ]
- (Linux) Run [ service obsr start ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / startup.sh ]
- Installation is now complete
How to auto update all AhsayOBM / ACB client agents:
To auto update all AhsayOBM / AhsayACB client agents, please perform the following procedures:
- [ For default installation ]
- Download the default stable patch update / hotfix update file
- Extract the downloaded auto update file to:
[ ${Install-Home}/webapps/obs/liveUpdate ] (overwrite existing files) - Enable the AutoUpdate feature on the AhsayOBS server. Please refer to the Auto Update chapter within the AhsayOBS Administrator's Guide for more information.
Further information:
If you are now seeing any missing resources (e.g. ??xxxxx?? from the web interface) after this upgrade, please download default properties for install:
- [ For default installation ]
- Download the default properties (5.5.x.x) / properties (6.x.x.x)
- Extract the properties_*.zip file to a temporary location (e.g. C:\Temp)
- Copy the generated resource files:
- [ C:\Temp\custom\custom-obsr\app\common\webapps\obs\WEB-INF\classes\*.properties ]
- [ C:\Temp\custom\custom-obsr\app\common\webapps\rps\WEB-INF\classes\*.properties ]
- [ ${Install-Home}/webapps/obs/WEB-INF/classes ]
- [ ${Install-Home}/webapps/rps/WEB-INF/classes ] (overwrite existing files)
- Restart the AhsayOBS / AhsayRPS service
- If you have signed your restorer applet with your own code signing certificate, you are required to sign the applet again:
[ ${Install-Home}/webapps/obs/jsp/applet/obr/obrA.jar ]
Refer to the AhsayOBS Administrator's Guide for more information.
Keywords:
OBS, Upgrade, Patch, Hot-fix, Hotfix, Fix, Bug, Update