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Upgrading IXIA CCMS from 6.8 to 7.0

Upgrading IXIA CCMS from 6.8 to 7.0
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Upgrading IXIA CCMS from 6.8 to 7.0
Upgrade Guide for administrators on how to upgrade from IXIA CCMS 6.8 to 7.0.
Upgrading IXIA CCMS Output Generator 7.0
This chapter describes how to upgrade an existing installation of IXIA CCMS Output Generator.
Restart the CCMS Output Generator and test
The final step in upgrading CCMS Output Generator is to restart it and test.

Upgrading IXIA CCMS from 6.8 to 7.0
Upgrade Guide for administrators on how to upgrade from IXIA CCMS 6.8 to 7.0.
- Copyright notice
- Introduction
  This document explains how to upgrade an existing deployment of IXIA CCMS from version 6.8 to version 7.0.
- Updating IXIA TEXTML Server
  The first step in updating to IXIA CCMS 7.0 is to update IXIA TEXTML Server. The steps you follow depend on your operating system.
- Upgrading CCMS Web
  To use the latest version of IXIA 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.
- Upgrading CCMS Desktop
  With this upgrade, a new version of the base CCMS Desktop packages is available to fix issues relating to the start up of the CCMS Desktop. Additionally a new set of drop-ins are also available.
- Upgrading IXIA CCMS Output Generator 7.0
  This chapter describes how to upgrade an existing installation of IXIA CCMS Output Generator.
  - Install a new IXIA CCMS Output Generator
    To upgrade IXIA 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 IXIA 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 IXIA 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 IXIA 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
    IXIA CCMS Output Generator 7.0 uses a new method to generate output that supports DITA-OT 3.x. The ANT build file method used prior to IXIA CCMS 6.1 is deprecated.
  - Update your custom build targets for DITA-OT 3.x
    If your IXIA CCMS Output Generator does not already use DITA-OT 3.x, you can switch IXIA CCMS Output Generator 7.0 to use 3.x by upgrading your conductor files.
  - Configure the location of the DITA Open Toolkit catalog
    When you install IXIA CCMS Output Generator, you need to configure the location of the catalog for the DITA Open Toolkit version you are using.
  - Update CCMS Output Generator wrapper.conf file
    IXIA CCMS Output Generator may have issues connecting to a Content Store when SSL enabled on IXIA 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 IXIA 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 CCMS Output Generator and test
    The final step in upgrading CCMS Output Generator is to restart it and test.
  - Verify IXIA CCMS Output Generator installation
    You can confirm if IXIA CCMS Output Generator is properly working for IXIA CCMS Web by generating a PDF file.
- Upgrading IXIA CCMS Scheduler
  Upgrading IXIA CCMS Scheduler requires you to uninstall the existing version and then download and install the new version.

Restart the 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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