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WebNMS periodically provide patches, which fix certain bugs and updates some HTML files related to documentation. These patch files can be downloaded from the ZOHO Corp.website and updated with the base release.
The Update Manager, one of the tools that is distributed along with CLI API can be used for installing the patch. The Update Manager can be started by executing the UpdateManager.sh or the UpdateManager.bat files provided in the package.
During the installation of a patch, the corresponding files are updated in the product installation directory and certain bugs are fixed. The Update Manager asks for the installation directory. By default, the current working directory is displayed on the text area. It also gives the information about the current version of the patch installed. Every version contains the bug fixes of the previous version.
The Update Manager provides a feature to query the patch file or a previous version. By doing this, you can see the names of the files inside the patch file.
The main features of the Update Manager are:
Choose the radio button Install the patch (selected by default) and press Next
Give the Patch files (*.pch) full path or choose the same using the browse option
Press Install to install the patch or
Press Query to see the contents of the patch file
If you want to do any other function of the patch manager press the back button

To revert to the previous version
Choose the radio button "Revert to Previous Version" and press Next
Choose the previous patch version from the combo box
Press Revert to revert to the version selected in the combo box
Press Query to see the files of the previous versions installed
If you want to do any other function of the Update manager press the back button

To query WebNMS's patch file or any previous version that was installed
Choose the radio button "Query Previous Versions" and press Next
Here you have two options,
To get the information regarding a patch file
To get the information regarding the previous version
To get information regarding a patch file,
Choose the radio button "Specific patch file"
Enter the complete path of the WebNMS's patch file or use the browse button to choose the file
Press Query button to query the contents of the patch file
To get the information regarding the previous version
Choose the radio button Previous patch version (selected by default)
Choose any of the previous version in the combo box to query
Press Query button to query the contents of the version selected

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