Task 6: To apply maintenance to FAS

You can apply maintenance to FAS by reinstalling the entire File-AID Services with a newer version.

The installer automatically detects that you have an existing installation and preserves your data, repositories, and configurations while applying updates. Updates to File-AID Services will be published to BMC Support in the Fixes/Downloads page of Workbench for Eclipse product page. Follow the instructions provided to download the maintenance.

Maintaining FAS

1. After you download and unzip the maintenance, execute the update.bat file to reinstall/update File-AID Services. The installer application locates your currently installed version of File-AID Services and backup all data and configurations. You will be warned to make sure that there are no active users before proceeding. Then File-AID Services service will be stopped, uninstalled, and then reinstalled in the same directory. All data and repositories are preserved. Your rules repository might need to be migrated following an update.

   Important

   Be sure to use the same login user ID (Administrator) that you originally specified.

   Tip

   • For Linux installations of FAS, upload the new binary and reinstall to the same location using the same install.bin script you tailored during the initial installation.
   • (Recommended) Install FAS in linux as a superuser. When prompted to preserve data, select Yes. 
2. After installation is complete, FAS service is automatically started.
3. After updating, use Workbench for Eclipse to access the Data Privacy perspective. If the Rules Explorer repository, File-AID Rules, has a red x icon or cannot otherwise be opened, it might need to be migrated to make it current. To migrate the repository, select Manage Repositories from the Data Privacy menu to select the repository and click Migrate. Some processing occurs to migrate the repository and then you should be able to open it.