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Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS

Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS to 6.8 from 6.1-6.7
Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS from 6.0 to 6.8
Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS from 5.2 to 6.8
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Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS from 6.0 to 6.8
Upgrade Guide for administrators on how to upgrade from IXIASOFT CCMS 6.0 to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.8.
Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator
This chapter describes how to upgrade an existing installation of IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator.
Restart the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator and test
The final step in upgrading CCMS Output Generator is to restart it and test.

Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS from 6.0 to 6.8
Upgrade Guide for administrators on how to upgrade from IXIASOFT CCMS 6.0 to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.8.
- Copyright notice
- Introduction
  This document explains how to upgrade an existing deployment of IXIASOFT CCMS 6.0 to version 6.8.
- Updating IXIASOFT TEXTML Server
  The first step in updating to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.8 is to update IXIASOFT TEXTML Server. The steps you follow depend on your operating system.
- Upgrading CCMS Web
  To use the latest version of IXIASOFT CCMS Web, you must download it and install it.
- Upgrading the Content Store
  The Web Installer handles most of the required configuration changes for upgrading the Content Store from version 6.0 to 6.8.
- Upgrading CCMS Desktop
  With this upgrade, a new version of the base Eclipse packages is available to fix issues relating to the startup of the CCMS desktop. Additionally a new set of dropins are also available.
- Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator
  This chapter describes how to upgrade an existing installation of IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator.
  - Install a new IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator
    To upgrade IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator, you must uninstall the old version and install the latest version.
  - Migrate CCMS Output Generator configuration for 1.x DITA-OT versions
    After you have installed and tested the latest version of IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator, you need to migrate your configuration to the new version.
  - Migrate CCMS Output Generator configuration for 2.x DITA-OT versions
    After you have installed and tested the latest version of the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator, you need to migrate your configuration to the new version. Follow this procedure if your CCMS Output Generator uses a DITA Open Toolkit in the DITA-OT 2.x family.
  - Migrate CCMS Output Generator configuration for 3.x DITA-OT versions
    After you have installed and tested the latest version of the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator, you need to migrate your configuration to the new version. Follow this procedure if your CCMS Output Generator uses a DITA Open Toolkit in the DITA-OT 3.x family.
  - Upgrading your conductor files to use the new method
    IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator 6.8 uses a new method to generate output that supports DITA-OT 3.x. The ANT build file method used prior to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.1 is deprecated.
  - Update your custom build targets for DITA-OT 3.x
    If your IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator does not already use DITA-OT 3.x, you can switch IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator 6.8 to use 3.x by upgrading your conductor files.
  - Configure the location of the DITA Open Toolkit catalog
    When you install IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator, you need to configure the location of the catalog for the DITA Open Toolkit version you are using.
  - Update Output Generator wrapper.conf file
    IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator may have issues connecting to a Content Store when SSL enabled on IXIASOFT TEXTML Server. To fix this, you must update the configuration of the Java wrapper for CCMS Output Generator.
  - Change custom jar numbering in classpath.conf
    If you had a custom configuration for the classpath.conf file in a version prior to IXIASOFT CCMS 6.2, you might need to update the values used for numbering the custom jar files.
  - Run the integrator on the DITA-OT
    Any time you make a change to the DITA-OT, you need to run the integrator.
  - Restart the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator and test
    The final step in upgrading CCMS Output Generator is to restart it and test.
  - Test the IXIASOFT Output Generator installation in CCMS Web
    You can test if IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator is working for IXIASOFT CCMS Web by generating a PDF file.
- Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS Scheduler
  Upgrading IXIASOFT CCMS Scheduler requires you to uninstall the existing version and then download and install the new version.
- Making manual configuration changes
  Once the upgrade is complete, there are some optional configuration changes you can make.

Restart the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator and test

The final step in upgrading CCMS Output Generator is to restart it and test.

Restart CCMS Output Generator.
Run your test transformation scenarios.

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