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What is Smart Service Pack Upgrade
A new smart update mechanism that automatically upgrades the FE Server and the Application Client deployments on installation of a Service Pack just on the BE Server, has been built over Update Manager. This feature is known as Smart Update Manager (SUM).
Along with the regular features of the update manager, the SUM provides an option to automatically check for the difference in versions of the Service Packs applied in the server and the application. In his process it also enables the option of automatic installation of the latest Service Pack version in the client applications.
The SUM has two modules namely, Update Manager Server (UMS) and Update Manager Client (UMC). The Update Manager Server (UMS) runs in the BE Server. When the FE Server / Client is started, the Update Manager Client (UMC) that is bundled with the same contacts the UMS in the BE Server. If the FE Server / the Client does not have the latest Service Pack installed in it, the UMC provides options to install the Service Pack automatically.
The basic idea of this architecture is to maintain a sync between the Service Pack applied in both the server and the client applications. i.e. to automatically enable all the applications to use the latest Service Pack release. By default the SUM Server and the SUM Client communicates via TCP. You can also write your own implementation for using any other protocol like RMI, etc.
Client-Server Architecture of SUM
In this case:
the UMS in the back-end server provides the update to the UMC in the front-end server.
the UMS in the front-end server provides the update to the UMC in the client application.
When the application that bundles the SUM is started, the UMC is invoked first. This UMC contacts the UMS in the server to which the application tries to connect to. At this juncture, the various possibility of the differences in the Service Packs between the application and the server are:
The server has the higher version of the Service Pack but they are compatible: In this case, you can either allow the SUM to update the Service Pack in the application or start the application with the existing setup.
The server has the higher version of the Service Pack and they are not-compatible: In this case, you can either allow the SUM to update the Service Pack in the application or stop the application.
The client has the higher version of the Service Pack: In this case the application cannot be started. You must manually apply the Service Pack in the server and then start the application.
To know how to configure the various options provided by the Smart update Manager, please refer to the page: How to Configure Smart Update Manager.
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