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Patch Guide

for MaxTAF 2.7.0

Below are instructions for installing patches to MaxTAF releases.

The Core product and MXML installation have slightly different instructions.

Core Patch

  1. Download the relevant Core Patch file from the maxtaf.com downloads section. It can be found listed under whatever the current version of MaxTAF core you use.
  2. Make sure you have a reliable back-up of your system in case of accidental system damage due to misconfiguration.
  1. Stop MXServer.
  2. Read the readme file in the patch if it has one (you may need to remove some files for example).
  3. Copy all items from the Core patch download zip to the Maximo root folder (example C:\IBM\smp\maximo).
  4. If instructed in the Readme file, perform updatedb procedure and any accompanying post-updatedb procedures that you may need to perform.
  5. Perform EAR file rebuild.
  6. Perform EAR file deploy.
  7. Restart MXServer.

MXML Patch

  1. Download the relevant Core Patch file from the maxtaf.com downloads section. It can be found listed under whatever the current version of MaxTAF core you use.
  2. Make sure you have a reliable back-up of your system in case of accidental system damage due to misconfiguration.
  1. Stop MXServer.
  2. Read the readme file in the patch if it has one (you may need to remove some files for example).
  3. Copy all from MXML patch to maxtaf folder (eg C:\maxtaf).
  4. Restart MXServer.
  5. Recompile all the existing MaxTAF test cases.