You can update or roll back the product service level by applying service to the master
installation and swinging profiles to an updated application server copy.
Procedure
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Update the service level of the master installation, or roll back the master installation to a
previously installed service level.
For more information, see Installing and uninstalling interim fixes and fix packs on distributed operating systems.
Avoid trouble: If the master installation is on the same host as the application server
copies, you must set the symbolic link back to the master installation directory when you apply fix
packs or interim fixes. Changing the symbolic link renders all copies unusable during the
maintenance window. To avoid this behavior, you can install separate master installations for each
service level.
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Copy the contents of the master installation AppServer directory to a new
product installation directory for the updated service level, such as
sp_install_dir/V85510/AppServer.
cp -R /opt/SPInstalls/MASTER/AppServer/* /opt/SPInstalls/V85510/AppServer/
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Update the symbolic link to point to the AppServer directory of the
updated copy of the application server.
The following example removes the existing symbolic link and creates a new one for the updated
application server
copy.
rm /opt/SPCommonArea/SPLink
ln -s /opt/SPInstalls/V85510/AppServer /opt/SPCommonArea/SPLink
This action swings all existing application server profiles to the updated service level.
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Run script setupProfileSDK.sh from the product installation directory for
the updated service level to switch the existing profile(s) using the embedded Java SE 6 to use the
new embedded Java SE 8. For more information, see Swinging profiles between product installations.
cd sp_install_dir/V85514/AppServer/bin
./setupProfileSDK full_path_to_profileRegistry.xml
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Using the symbolic link, start the application server by running the server
start command.
/opt/SPCommonArea/SPLink/bin/startServer -profileName AppSrv01 server1
The application server runs at the updated service level.
What to do next
You can continue to install new application server service levels in the
sp_install_dir directory, create and update application
server profiles, and swing between profiles as required.