Backups for QA and Prod before starting 7.6 upgrades

Database:

• Perform exports of schemas VCMMGMT, VCMLIVE, VAPSYSPREV, VAPSYSLIVE (does export work with db shutdown? Otherwise make sure all processes are stopped.

Ideal is save an image onto VM and have it available for files etc.

VCM Server:

• /opt/Vignette
• /opt/SAP-JCo
• ~/Vignette
• ~/vpd.properties
• /usr/local/tomcat
• /etc/profile.d/tomcat.sh
• Apache config files from /etc/apache2/ (httpd.conf and files under vhosts.d)
• JDK dir?
• /etc/apache2 (whole directory, including SSL certs)
• /etc/sysconfig/apache2 (file)
• see if anything needs to be backed up in /srv folder
• Copy over entier /home/vgnadmin (esp Export-Import folder with ant scripts for export import of objects)

Web Servers:

• /opt/Vignette
• /opt/SAP-JCo
• ~/Vignette
• ~/vpd.properties
• /usr/local/tomcat
• /etc/profile.d/tomcat.sh
• /srv/www/vhosts
• Apache config files
• JDK dir?
• /etc/apache2 (whole directory, including SSL certs)
• /etc/sysconfig/apache2 (file)

Autonomy server:

• /opt/Vignette
• ~/Vignette
• ~/vpd.properties

Create Channel

public Channel createSubChannel(Channel parentChannel, String channelName)

throws AuthorizationException, ApplicationException,

ValidationException {

// Create a new channel

Channel channel = new Channel();

// Configure the channel as requested

ChannelData channelData = channel.getData();

channelData.setParentChannelRef(new ChannelRef(parentChannel));

channelData.setName(channelName);

// Save the channel

channel.commit();

// Return the channel

return channel;

}

==============================

System.out.println("Creating SubChannel " + name + "...");

//Create sub channels for Home Channel

Channel homeChannel = newSite.getHomeChannel();

ChannelRef parent = new ChannelRef( mHomeChannel );

ChannelData subChannelData = new ChannelData();

subChannelData.setName("mysubchannel");

subChannelData.setDescription("This is a subchannel of the Home Channel");

subChannelData.setOrderAsSibling(sibOrder);

subChannelData.setParentChannelRef(parent);

Channel subChannel = new Channel();

subChannel.setData(subData);

//Approve the channel

subChannel.setStatus("approved");

subChannel.commit();

System.out.println("Created SubChannel " + name);

//Associate the content instance to the mysubchannel

ChannelContentAssociationData ciTestAssocData = new

ChannelContentAssociationData();

ci = (ContentInstance)ContentInstance.findByContentManagementId( mgmtId );

ciTestAssocData.setContentRef(ci.getContentManagementId());

subChannelData.addContentAssociations(ciTestAssocData);

subChannel.commit();

Upgrade 7.6

Before starting upgrade:

1. Patch portal to 7.3.5 on dev, qa and live (11/9 - 11/10)
2. Test with the patch before starting upgrade (11/11 - 11/12)
3. Change oracle driver class name in vcm config and tomcat conf to oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

Timeline for upgrade:

1. Dev: 5 days
2. QA: 5 days
3. QA: migration to 64bit - 5 days (on VM and use QA hardware for Prod 64bit?)
4. Load testing: 5 days
5. Prod: 10 days
6. Prod migration to 64bit - 5 days

Follow the Upgrade guide

Order of servers upgrade QA/Prod:

1. VCM
2. Autonomy
3. QA1 & QA2, should be upgrade together, so requires downtime, writedown each step before continuing (Estimate downtime: 8 hrs)

Rough roadmap for VCM upgrade:

1. Uninstall CCE
2. Backup Autonomy
3. Uninstall Autonomy
4. Stop endpoints
5. Stop services
6. install 7.6
7. run vgnupgrade
8. Rename old Contnent/7_3_1 directory
9. Upgrade Autonomy
10. Post upgrade stuff from ch7
11. Custom CMA and other apps deployments
12. DPM deployments, config changes
13. FURL config
14. Fixes on Presentation templates and Query Components
15. Thorough Testing
16. Patch VCM to 7.6 SP1
17. Another round of testing

Load Testing QA

1. Use earlier scripts with webload
2. Ask for the load tester desktop from Mark, that has all the scripts
3. Will need to do it off hours

Post Upgrade:

1. Upgrade to Portal 8.0?

Notes:

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FURL

1. Configure FURL
2. Remove FURL listener in config (Events>Pre create and update)
3. set furl.exclude.sitename=false
4. set linkprinter.impl

DPM Menu classes customization in vgn-ext-templating generic resource, rollback component and item region menu to use pre 7.4 classes

PIOCDA

1. Include Michael's fixes to JSPs (Product detail etc.)
2. Checkin changes in VSS

V7.6 Upgrade Migration to 64bit

Backup

1. Database schemas (DEVVCMMGMT, DEVVCMLIVE, DEVVAPPREV, DEVVAPLIVE)
2. Take 32bit snapshot

On Mgmt stage:

Copy the following folders/files:

1. /opt/Vignette
2. /opt/SAP-JCo
3. ~/Vignette
4. ~/vpd.properties
5. /usr/local/apache/tomcat - upgrade to 6 after testing
6. /etc/profile.d/tomcat.sh
7. Create symbolic links for doctoor, /srv/www/vhosts/non-secured + secured
8. Copy apache config files
   
9. Update loaded modules
10. Java 1.5 32bit

Install:

1. 64bit JDK 1.6 (1.5?)
2. Recompile delivery apps with JDK 6?
3. Tomcat 6

Set environment variables for

1. JAVA_HOME
2. PATH
3. LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   

Deploy Apps:

1. piocda
2. portal
3. vgn-ext-templating
4. furl
5. vgn-tas

On delivery stage:

copy the following folders:

1. /opt/Vignette
2. /opt/SAP-JCo
3. ~/Vignette
4. ~/vpd.properties
5. /usr/local/apache/tomcat - upgrade to 6 after testing
6. /etc/profile.d/tomcat.sh
7. /srv/www/vhosts/non-secured + secured
8. Copy apache config files (ssl cert etc.)
   
9. Update loaded modules
10. Java 1.5 32bit

Install:

1. 64bit JDK 1.6 (1.5?)
2. Recompile delivery apps with JDK 6?

Set environment variables for:

1. JAVA_HOME
2. PATH
3. LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   

Deploy Apps:

1. piocda - use war file
2. portal - copy folder
3. vgn-ext-templating - use war file
4. furl - copy folder

Site does not publish, yet no errors

If a site in VCM shows status "Unpublished" even though there were no errors during publish, check if its associated with a Stage.

VgnVCMServer does not start

If VgnVCMServer does not start and keeps looping, try KB Item 9655. In logs the problem may show up as an IOException saying "too many open files" (error message may not be exactly same as what is mentioned in the KB Item).
Text of the KB item is below:
-----------------------------
Title
VCM in STANDBY mode due to "java.io.IOException: More than 2048 open files" exception.

Text

The issue started after modifying Active Directory settings in Runtime services
console.
VCM was in STANDBY state and the startup logs showed "java.io.IOException: More than 2048 open files"


SOLUTION
1. In the RTS Console, click on the "Security" node under vgndomain.
2. Click the "Embedded LDAP" tab.
3. Make sure that the check box next to "Refresh Replica At Startup" is
checked. (Click Apply if necessary.)
4. Stop the VCM Server, Admin Server, Node Manager and Config Agent.
5. Make sure that all processes are stopped.
6. Delete the following files:

Vignette\Content\7_3_1\rtsvcs\domains\vgndomain\VgnAdminServer\ldap\ldapfiles\changelog.data
Vignette\Content\7_3_1\rtsvcs\domains\vgndomain\VgnAdminServer\ldap\ldapfiles\changelog.index

7. Start the Admin Server, Node Manager and Config Agent.
8. In the RTS Console, start the VCM Server.

This will clear the change log so that the admin server no longer thinks there
are any embedded LDAP changes that need to be replicated. It will also cause
the VCM Server to automatically refresh its embedded LDAP replica.

If the VCM Server restarts successfully, monitor it for a few days to make sure
that the file handles on those files don't creep back up. Once it looks good,
change the "Refresh Replica At Startup" flag back to false and restart the VCM
Server.


STACK TRACE
weblogic.management.ManagementRuntimeException: java.io.IOException: More than
2048 open files
at weblogic.management.configuration.RepositoryMBean_Stub.saveDomain(RepositoryMBean_Stub.java:606)
at weblogic.management.console.utils.MBeans.saveDomain(MBeans.java:1015)
...
...
Caused by: java.io.IOException: More than 2048 open files
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Ljava.lang.String;)V(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:179)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:131)