The application edition manager for WebSphere Extended Deployment
manages interruption-free production application deployments. Interruption-free
deployment prevents loss of service when you install an application update
in your environment. You can also use the application edition
manager if you are using the Compute Grid component and want to rollout Compute
Grid applications. These are Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications
that conform to one of the grid programming models.
Before you begin
Ensure that WebSphere Extended Deployment is installed and up to current
levels.
If you are a user with either a monitor or an operator role, you
can only view the edition manger information. If you have the role of configurator
or administrator, you have all the configuration privileges for the application
edition manager.
About this task
Use application editions when you install or update applications.
You can perform an upgrade while maintaining application continuous availability.
Procedure
- Install an edition. To install an edition, you perform
the regular steps for installing an application, but specify edition information
during the process. See Installing an edition
for more information.
- Activate the application. When an edition is first
installed, it is in the inactive state. An inactive edition cannot be started.
After you activate the edition, you can start the edition. See Activating an edition
for
more information.
- To replace an active edition with a new edition, see Rolling out an edition
.
- To revert to a previous edition, see Backing out an edition
.
- To concurrently host and access multiple application editions residing
on multiple deployment targets, see Activating concurrent editions
.
- To test an edition, see Validating an edition
.