Hotfix Directory
Hot fixes for DS-Client and DS-Recovery Tools are released as required by Asigra. For Service Providers with large numbers of customers, it may be more convenient to stagger the Hotfix upgrades to DS-Clients. This feature allows you to place each hot fix in a separate directory and assign DS-Clients to the desired hot fix, based on your management schedule.
For more information about versioning, see the Knowledge Base article "Versioning (DS-Software component numbering)".
- Warning: This only applies to hot fixes, since they normally remain compatible with DS-System. READ THE HOTFIX RELEASE NOTES before deploying any hotfix on a DS-System. (Service Pack releases and new version releases will always require all the DS-Clients to be upgraded to that version before they are compatible with the DS-System.)
To assign a Hotfix Directory to DS-Clients:
1. A hot fix subfolder must exist in the DS-System's AutoUpgrade folder. (This is the path listed in the file dssys.cfg: Upgrade Path. If this Key does not exist, you must add it to the dssys.cfg file and restart the DS-System.).
- You should give the hot fix folder a unique, easily identifiable name (e.g. "hot_fix_11_0_0_2" or "customer_abc_hotfixes").
- Place the corresponding hotfix files in this folder. If more than one hot fix version is placed in the same folder (e.g. "11.0.0.3" and "11.0.0.7"), only the latest version (11.0.0.7) will be applied.
2. Customer menu > Hotfix Directory. The Hotfix Directory screen allows you to view and set the HotFix directory location for Customers and DS-Clients.
- F1 Help: See "Hotfix Directory".
3. In the Hotfix Directory section, click the [...] button. The Select Hotfix Directory screen appears.
- F1 Help: See "Select Hotfix Directory".
4. Highlight the hotfix directory you want to use and click "Select".
5. The Hotfix Directory screen returns with the selected directory in the "Hotfix Directory" field. Highlight the items you want from the Hotfix Directory List and click "Apply". The screen will update automatically with the new settings.
- If a Hotfix Directory is set at customer level, all of that customer's DS-Clients assigned to <DEFAULT> will use that setting unless an individual DS-Client is assigned to another Hotfix Directory.
- Once a DS-Client is configured with a Hotfix Directory, it will download the latest hotfix from that directory if it has not already been applied.
- You (the Service Provider) are responsible for managing these hot fix directories.
- Note: You can use the DS-Client Version Report (DS-Operator > Reports Menu > DS-Client Version) to track the version status of this DS-System's DS-Clients.
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