Deployment Management

Click Deployment tab on the Control Center Director Web Console navigation menu to seamlessly upgrade Connect:Direct servers in your deployment to a later version.

Before you begin

  • Download the latest supported Connect:Direct fix pack on your local computer.
  • Ensure that you have configured your Control Center Director instance to define where the Connect:Direct packages will be made available for auto-discovery.
  • Control Center Director Administrator must manually secure and assign privliges to the packages directory before executing any upgrade and/or applies maintenance operations to Connect:Direct nodes.
  • Auto sense feature enables Control Center Director to detect and process the packages after they are added into/removed from the designated directory. It can take up to 15 minutes for the packages to show up under the Deployment view.
  • In some cases after a failed upgrade, the fastest solution is to roll back to a previous release you were using. For more information see, Emergency Restore

Key Concepts: Deployment

  • When you work with Deployment, there are two main approaches that can be used to manage the upgrade process in your deployment.

    Click:

    • Packages to list and manage all Connect:Direct packages auto-discovered by your Control Center Director instance
    • Deployments to create a job (schedule upgrade) and list a job status (upgrade state)
  • Your user role also determines what is displayed in Deployments view. For example, if you are a restricted user, clicking Create Job>Select Server Groups/Servers displays only servers/groups assigned to the user.
  • To view the upgrade status of a server, go to Deployments > All Jobs tab.
    • The Type field displays Completed if all the servers and/or server group are processed successfully
    • The Status field displays Partial if some servers in a server group have upgraded successfully while some did not

After a package is displayed in the Packages view, it can be scheduled for an upgrade throughout in your current deployment.

Initial Administrator Work flow - Deployment

The following steps shows the initial work flow for a Control Center Director Web Console Administrator:

  1. View Packages
    1. Click Packages>All Package to list all Connect:Direct packages auto-discovered by your Control Center Director instance.
    2. Select an entry to view package details.
  2. Manage Packages
    1. Click Packages>All Package
    2. Select an entry and click Deploy to schedule an upgrade (job).
    3. Select an entry and click Export to export and view package details in a .csv format. You can also export the entire page listing in a .csv format.
  3. Schedule a maintenance job (Upgrade) or an Emergency Restore job.
    1. Click Jobs>Deploy Job to schedule an upgrade (job).
    2. Select Maintenance Job from the Job Type drop-down menu to schedule an Upgrade and enter the rest of the form details as required.
      To schedule an Emergency Restore procedure that restores the Connect:Direct product and system files to its state as it was before upgrade, select Emergency Restore Job from the Job Type drop-down menu.
      Note: For an Emergency Restore Job, Servers and Server Groups display servers and server groups with valid restore points.
    3. Select Start Now/Schedule for Later/Hold for Later to schedule the job.
    4. Click Schedule.

      Scheduled job is now listed under the All Jobs view.

  4. View and manage Jobs regardless of their state
    1. Click Jobs>All Jobs to view all jobs in your environment.
    2. Select an entry to view job details.
    3. Select an entry and click Export to export and view job details in a .csv format.
    4. Select an entry and click Delete to remove a held state job if it is no longer required.
    5. Select an entry and click Edit to edit job.
      Note: A job that is In Progress state can be stopped but not edited.
  5. View and Manage Jobs by their current or recent state.
    1. Click Jobs to view all jobs in your environment by state that is, In Progress, Held, Scheduled, and Completed.