Updating ActiveMatrix Administrator

Updating ActiveMatrix Administrator does not involve any manual steps and is triggered automatically when the Administrator node or system node is started after the upgrade process is complete.

Also see Upgrading REST Binding Type.

Upgrading ActiveMatrix Administrator involves:

  1. ActiveMatrix Administrator needs to be upgraded first. When ActiveMatrix Administrator gets restarted after the upgrade, it updates itself as follows:
    1. Upgrading platform application to version 3.4.0.

      To verify, select the platform application from the ActiveMatrix Administrator UI. In the Description field, the platform application description is updated to reflect the version. 

      Default platform application [Upgraded from ActiveMatrix 3.3.1 to ActiveMatrix 3.4.0 on 06/14/2018]
    2. Upgrading artifact server Application to version 3.4.0.
    3. Updating plugins that are enabled on Nodes to 3.4.0 features.
    4. REST BT system applications are removed and all user applications using REST BT are updated to depend on the platform application.
  2. A runtime host needs to be restarted to complete the upgrade. After the ActiveMatrix Administrator receives a notification from the runtime host, the ActiveMatrix Administrator updates the host version accordingly.
  3. A runtime node needs to be restarted to complete the upgrade. After the ActiveMatrix Administrator receives a notification from the runtime node, ActiveMatrix Administrator performs the following actions for the runtime node:
    1. Updating node version accordingly.
    2. Upgrading platform application to version 3.4.0. The platform application description is updated to reflect the version. Select the platform application from the ActiveMatrix Administrator UI and in the Description field you can see comments like:

      For example: 

      Default platform application [Upgraded from ActiveMatrix 3.3.1 to ActiveMatrix 3.4.0 on 06/14/2018]
    3. Updating plugins that are enabled on nodes to 3.4.0 features.
    4. REST BT system applications are removed and all user applications using REST BT are updated to depend on the platform application.
Note:
  • If you upgrade the host but do not start them, ActiveMatrix Administrator will still show the old version for that host.
  • If you have nodes in manual modes and they are not started after the upgrade, ActiveMatrix Administrator will still show the old version for that node (unless node is restarted after the upgrade).