6.1 Applying a Patch on Instances.
When someone synchronizes an instance, he/she may be warned that an update is available.
There are two kinds of updates:
- Required: The synchronization feature is disabled as long as the update is not applied. Most of the time they are required.
- Optional: The synchronization feature remains enabled and the update can be applied right away or later. In any cases, it will be applied when a required update is pushed to the instance.
Before the upgrade it is advise to:
- back up the database (will be done anyway by the system befor the upgrade)
- inform the users that an update is going to be installed and that they must stop working until further notice
Please keep in mind that we strongly encourage you to make a backup before and after any upgrade . If you don’t do that, it would be harder to recover from a crash during the upgrade. See backup configuration for an automatic backup before patching
| When trying a manual synchronisation by pressing the Start All Synchronization in Background button 1 the following message will appear. Click OK 2 Back to the manual synchronization menu Close it. |  |
| You will notice the following message displayed on the top-right of your screen. |  |
| Click on Menu Synchronization 1, Patch Synchronization 2, Upgrade 3 |  |
| A pop up window opens. Click on Download 1 Instance restarts when Upgrade is clicked. It would prevent users from going on with their work. As a result, you should warn your colleagues about the unavailability of UniField. Click on Upgrade 2 |  |
| The instance is restarting to apply the changes. |  |
When it is done you would need to log in again and re-connect back your instance to the SYNC_SERVER (unless you use the auto-connect feature)
If you forget to do that, the automatic synchronization won’t be launched.
Refer to the Connection manager configuration.
Inform the users that they can resume their work
