Accessing the Update Center

On the Update Center page, you can manage updates to the BMC AMI Products for Web and BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse on the following tabs:

• On the Installed tab, you can view details about the web products and versions installed on your server instance. Click Show details to expand the list of products. If you are running an earlier version of CES, click Updates available to view the new updates available for the web products. This option is not displayed if you are running the most recent version of the product. In the Workbench for Eclipse pane, click Remove to remove the Workbench for Eclipse product version installed in the CES server.
• On the Updates tab, you can centrally manage updates to the web products and BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse by obtaining an update repository, in either of the following ways:

  • Manually update the update by uploading a repository file. For more information, see Manually updating BMC AMI Products for Web or Workbench for Eclipse.

    Important

    When applying updates manually, you can choose to opt out of automatic database upgrades when applying maintenance. However, you will then not be able to use CES until the database is manually upgraded. You can have CES upgrade the database by either connecting via the Database settings page or by generating the upgrade ddl. For more information, see "Generate DDL" in Database settings.

  • Retrieve the update repositories from BMC's cloud-based update server. For more information, see Automatically updating BMC AMI Products for Web or Workbench for Eclipse online.
    

    Important

    When applying updates online, make sure that you can issue HTTPS requests to update.bmc.com on port 443. For assistance, contact your network administrator. Depending on your network settings, you might need to configure proxy server settings. For more information, see Configuring-proxy-settings.

Manually updating BMC AMI Products for Web or Workbench for Eclipse

1. Depending on which product you want to update manually, download the CES update file or the Workbench for Eclipse P2 Repository from the BMC Support website. Make sure that the downloaded file is for the appropriate version of the product.

2. Navigate to CES > Administration > Update Center > Updates > Update manually tab.
3. For the relevant product, click Upload. Navigate to the update file that you wish to apply, and click Open. The upload process runs and the progress bar indicates when the upload is complete.
4. In the UI, click the relevant button to apply the updates and to specify the subsequent product actions:

   • Updating CES: Click Apply to apply the update. CES automatically restarts to complete the maintenance operation. If a database upgrade is necessary, the database is automatically upgraded. At the end of the upgrade process, a status message appears indicating that product updates were applied and the CES server successfully restarted.

     Important

     We recommend that users log out before applying an update. Active users might experience inconsistent behavior during the upgrade process.

   • Updating Workbench for Eclipse: Click Done to apply the update. The P2 repository file upload is complete and the repository is hosted for access by Workbench for Eclipse.
     

     Important

     Instruct Workbench for Eclipse users to perform an update by navigating to the Workbench for Eclipse Help Menu and selecting Check for Updates.

The Installed tab refreshes to display the installed products and their versions.

Automatically updating BMC AMI Products for Web or Workbench for Eclipse online

1. Navigate to 

   CES

    > Administration > Update Center > Updates > Check for updates online.

2. On the Check for updates online tab, enable the Show latest versions only switch.
3. Based on the product you want to update, under BMC AMI Products for Web or Workbench for Eclipse, click Download to download and process the repository. The progress bar indicates when the download has completed. When completed, the server starts the upgrade process.
4. In the UI, click the relevant button to apply the updates and to specify the subsequent product actions:
   

   • Updating CES: Click Apply to apply the updates. CES automatically restarts to complete the maintenance operation. If a database upgrade is necessary, the database is automatically upgraded.

     Important

     • For instruction on manually updating a database, refer to the topic in the Configuring-the-database section of this online help.
     • We recommend that users log out before applying an update. Active users may experience inconsistent behavior during the upgrade process.

   • Updating Workbench for Eclipse: Click Done to apply the updates. The P2 repository file download is complete and the repository is hosted for access by Workbench for Eclipse.

     Important

     Instruct Workbench for Eclipse users to perform an update by navigating to the Workbench for Eclipse Help Menu and selecting Check for Updates.

The Installed tab refreshes to display the installed products and their versions.