This chapter covers the process to upgrade a GlassFish FlexDeploy installation. For the purpose of this upgrade document, GLASSFISH_HOME is the directory: {$INSTALL_LOCATION/GlassFish3/glashfish}

Upgrade procedure for GlassFish

• Identify the location of the artifact repository (Glassfish)
• Stop the GlassFish FlexDeploy application
• Backup Oracle schemas (Glassfish)
• Backup the artifact repository (Glassfish)
• Upgrade database schemas (Glassfish)
• Restart the GlassFish server
• Uninstall Old EAR (Glassfish)
• Deploy New EAR (Glassfish)
• Start the application (Glassfish)
• Launch the application (Glassfish)
• Install plugins (Glassfish Upgrade)