11 Managed Software Components

You access Managed Software Components by clicking the Manage Software link within the What do you want to do? pane. Once you have uploaded the Managed Software Components, you can distribute them to Managed Home Locations where you plan to create new server instances. Or, if the software component is a new version of the Management Console you can use it to update the Management Console itself.

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This chapter discusses:

11.1 Upload Software Components

You use the Upload Software Components page to upload JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software components to the Management Console. Once you have uploaded and distributed the Managed Software Components to a Management Agent, you can use them to create new server instances.

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To upload Managed Software Components:

  1. On Upload Software Components, click the Browse button to locate the various .par files for each Managed Software Component. Typically you will obtain these files from Customer Connection using the Change Assistant, although they can also be on CD.

    For example:

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  2. On File Upload, select the .par file(s) for the Managed Software Component that you wish to upload and click the Open button.

  3. On Upload Software Components, click the Upload button to upload the selected file.

    As soon as the file is successfully uploaded, the Management Console updates the page to include the Managed Software Component.

If you attempt to upload a Management Console that already exists with the identical file name, the Management Console displays this warning, discards the request, and does not overwrite the existing file:

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Tip:

You can also add Managed Software Components by manually copying the files to the components directory on the machine running the Management Console. This directory is auto-detected by Management Console and is displayed in the tip section of the Upload Software Components section. For example, in the preceding section, the directory is:

D:\servermanager\demosystem\components

11.2 Distribute or Delete Managed EnterpriseOne Software Components

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This section discusses these Managed EnterpriseOne Software Components functions:

11.2.1 Distribute Software Components to Managed Homes

Once you have uploaded them, the Managed EnterpriseOne Software Components page displays all the Managed Software Components that have been uploaded to the Management Console.

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To distribute Management Consoles to Managed Homes:

  1. On Managed EnterpriseOne Software Components, select one or more available Software Components that you want to distribute to a connect Managed Home.

  2. Click the Distribute button.

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    The Management Console displays a page of connected Managed Homes to which you can distribute the selected Software Component.

  3. On the list of available Managed Homes to which you can distribute the selected Software Component, select one or more Managed Homes.

  4. Click the Distribute Software button.

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    The Management Console displays a progress panel and performs the requested operation.

  5. To verify that the selected Software Component is distributed, you can navigate to the Managed Home to which you distributed the Software Component and check the list of software components in Managed Software Components.Management Consoles.

11.2.2 Delete Managed Software Components from the Management Console

To delete Managed Software Components from the Management Console:

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  1. In the What do you want to do? section, click on the link for Manage Software.

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  2. On the Managed Software Components section, use the check box to select one or more Managed Software Components to delete.

  3. Click the Delete button.

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  4. On the confirmation dialog, click OK to perform the requested deletion.

You cannot delete a Software Component that has a Dependent Managed Instance. Such instances are displayed in the last column of the Managed Software Components grid.

11.2.3 Delete Managed Software Components known to the Management Console

To delete Managed Software Components known to the Management Agent:

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  1. On the Managed Homes and Managed Instances page, click on the link to a Managed Home.

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  2. On the Managed Software Components section, use the check box to select one or more Managed Software Components to delete.

  3. Click the Delete button.

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  4. On the confirmation dialog, click OK to perform the requested deletion.

You cannot delete a Software Component that has a Dependent Managed Instance. Such instances are displayed in the last column of the Managed Software Components grid.

11.3 Start or Stop a Managed EnterpriseOne Software Component

When you click the link for a Managed Instance, the Instance Name page displays information in two categories:

  • General

  • Instance Properties

The General section of the page shows the status of the Managed Instance. If the status is either Started or Stopped, the page contains either the Stop or Start button, as appropriate. If the status of the Managed Instance is undetermined, the page does not contain either button.

For example, if the status is Running, you can stop the instance by pressing the Stop button as shown below:

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Also for example, if the status is Stopped, you can start the instance by pressing the Start button as shown below:

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11.4 Change a Managed EnterpriseOne Software Component

When you click the link for a Managed Instance, the Instance Name page displays information in two categories:

  • General

  • Instance Properties

In the General section of the page contains a section for Software Component Version, under which is a Change button.

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If there is only a single version of the Software Component associated with this Managed Instance, clicking the Change button displays this Change Tools Release dialog that indicates there is no component available to which to change:

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If multiple versions of the Software Component are available to the Management Console, clicking the Change button displays the Change Tools Release dialog that lists each available Software Component. For example:

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To change a Software Component:

  1. Select the radio button associated with the Management Console to which you wish to change.

  2. Click the Change Component button.

    There is no confirmation dialog for this action. As soon as you click the Change Component button, the Management Console begins the work. You can always revert to your previous version assuming you have a copy of the Software Component for the Management Console to which you want to change.

Note:

If you are using WebSphere Application Server and running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne as part of a federated (or clustered) web server, you may need to regenerate the WebSphere global plugin configuration after deploying the newest tools release. This is required when new servlets have been added to the tools release you are deploying.

11.5 View the Software Release History for a Managed Instance

If more than more version of a Software Component has been installed to a Managed Instance the Software Release History icon is displayed in the General section of the page. For example:

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To view the Software Release History for a Managed Instance:

  1. Select a Managed Instance for which you wish to view the Software Release History.

  2. In the General section of the page, click the Software Release History icon (refer to preceding graphic).

    The Software Release History popup displays these grid items:

    • Date

    • User Name

    • Old Release

    • New Release