Changing the Component Enabler

You can upgrade a component created with TIBCO Silver Fabric Enabler for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks release 2.6, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2.

Warning: Back up your engines and consider timing for when you wish to perform a component restart so brief operational downtime has minimal impact.

Procedure

  1. Using the TIBCO Silver Fabric Administrator Components page identify the BusinessWorks component you wish to upgrade from release 2.6.x, 3.0.x, 3.1.x, or 3.2x The Enabler Version column helps to identify out-of-date enablers.

    Click the component Actions menu icon on the row for the component you will update and choose Change Enabler. Select the enabler version upgrade target and click OK.

    Note: You cannot downgrade a component.
  2. Click the component Actions menu icon again, click Publish Changes, and then click OK to publish the selected component.
  3. Switch to the Engines page and those stacks that used the upgraded component will appear in red if they require a component restart.

    Click the Engine Actions menu icon that "Needs a Component Restart", then click Restart Component.  

    Restarting the Component

    The expected result of the component restart are determined by the values of the parameters DELETE_BW_APPLICATION_CONF_AT_SHUTDOWN and REDEPLOY_EAR_FILE_AT_STARTUP set during the basic configuration.