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Replicator provides you with the possibility to distribute and to automatically install the application updates on sites. There are two update types: program and plugin updates.

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  1. Create an update package of an application.
  2. Upload (publish) the update package into Replicator.
  3. Specify the sites to which the update must be delivered to and set the installation time.

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  1. On the left-hand side pane, select the service to which you got connected to and navigate to Updatable programs:

  2. Within the Updatable programs workspace, click the Publish update button. The Open dialog then appears on the screen:
  3. Select the CAB file of the program you want to update. Click Open to load the file to Replicator Manager. Once clicked the package publishing is started. If the package is successfully published, you are notified respectively:
  4. Select the sites to which the update package is to be delivered to:

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    Based on whether you want to deliver an update package to a single site or a multiple of them, you can select a single row or a multiple of them, accordingly.


  5. Selecting the site(s) enables the Set Install Time button. Click the button to open the Set Update Install Time dialog:
  6. Within the dialog, specify the update install time by setting one of the options:

    • Do not install the update automatically. Select the option to deliver the update package without auto-update.
    • Install update as soon as it is delivered to site. Select the option to allow updating once it is delivered to the sites.
    • Install at specified date and time. Select the option and specify the date and time values for the update to be installed on the sites.
  7. Once done, click Ok to apply the changes.

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Set Parameters For Sites

After the program is installed, it is necessary to specify parameters for the Site(s). 

To specify the parameters, follow the steps below:

  1. On the left-hand side pane, select the service to which you got connected to and navigate to Updatable programs.
  2. In the Updatable programs node, select the plugin/program to be affected. Right under the selected program/plugin, select Update parameters/Plugin parameters, accordingly.
  3. In the Update parameters workspace, select the Site for which you want to add parameters, and click the Add button. Clicking the command displays the Add new command dialog where you can enter the parameters one by one:
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  4. On entering, click OK to proceed.


Below, you will find the description of the parameters required for both APM and APP.

For APM, the following parameters are required:

NameValue
APM_FOLDERSpecify the application installation path.
SERVER_NAMEEnter the server name.
DATABASE_NAMEEnter the database name to be used.
USER_NAMEEnter the APM username.
PasswordDefine the database password.

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  1. On the left-hand side pane, select the service to which you got connected to and navigate to Updatable programs:

  2. Within the Updatable programs workspace, click the Publish update button. The Open dialog then appears on the screen:
  3. Select the CAB file of the program you want to update. Click Open to load the file to Replicator Manager. Once clicked the package publishing is started. If the package is successfully published, you are notified respectively:
  4. Select the sites to which the update package is to be delivered to:

    Info

    Based on whether you want to deliver an update package to a single site or a multiple of them, you can select a single row or a multiple of them, accordingly.


  5. Selecting the site(s) enables the Set Install Time button. Click the button to open the Set Update Install Time dialog:
  6. Within the dialog, specify the update install time by setting one of the options:

    • Do not install update automatically. Select the option to deliver the update package without auto-update.
    • Install update as soon as it is delivered to site. Select the option to allow updating once it is delivered to the sites.
    • Install at specified date and time. Select the option and specify the date and time values for the update to be installed on the sites.
  7. Once done, click Ok to apply the changes.

Once done, you can define the plugin parameters. For the RESCO Interface plugin, the following parameters are required:

NameValue
DATABASEEnter the database name to be used.
DAYSGAPDefine the number of days after the current day during which crew members will be available in RESCO.
SERVER_NAMESpecify the server name to which to connect.
SERVICE_PSWEnter the password to the service.
SERVICE_URLEnter the service URL.
SERVICE_USEREnter the service user name.
XREFDefine the name of the Xref interface added in the APM.

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