How to avoid automatic Java restart after patching with SUM

[Former Member]

Hello Gurus,

in the past, using the JSPM tool to apply java component patches on a netweaver system, we were able to avoid an automatic recycle by using specific command line options at startup. This was useful if we wanted to perform more than one change on a system, but combine the needs for a java instance restart into one single action.

Now that JSPM is deprecated and replaced by SUM, is there a similar command line option (or some other setting) that will cause SUM to pause after applying patches, and wait for a manual restart instead of restarting java automatically?

thanks in advance for your help!

Peter

[ivan_rangelov · Accepted solution]

Hi Peter,

For now SUM does not support this usecase. Can you share some example situation that you applied with JSPM (which SCAs/Archives did you patched, what follow-up activities did you made)?

Best Regards

Ivan Rangelov

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Ivan,

Are you sure SUM doesn't support it? That would be a major lack in functionality indeed!

As a simple example, our business only allows 1 hour of downtime for the critical PI system per month. That's basically enough time for a full recycle or two at the most, so the challenge is: how can we best get all of our planned maintenance for a month implemented with as few recycles as necessary?

Let's say I have the following maintenance tasks planned for this month:

1. Apply Java patches to PI with SUM (requires restart)

2. Change a profile parameter to fix an issue found during the month (requires restart)

3. We want to implement Wily Agents into PI using Solution Manager (requires restart)

As you see, there are 3 tasks which all require to restart the system, but we want to perform them all and restart only once. With task 2, of course the restart performed manually by us, so we can decide to skip it, but tasks 1 and 3 both attempt to restart automatically.

This is only one example, but there are plenty of cases where we would choose to recycle manually after applying patches with SUM instead of allowing it to be automatic.

[ivan_rangelov · Accepted solution]

Hello Peter,

Yes, SUM does not support it currently.

One more thing about the Wily software - what is meant by "implement" the system does not have the Wily monitoring and you wish to install it?

Best Regards

Ivan

[Former Member]

I tried to find it in jspm configuration but I couldn’t.

My colleagues who are worked on jspm (who actually are not in SL area) did not remember for similar option.

Here is a part of your memo:

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Hello Gurus,

in the past, using the JSPM tool to apply java component patches on a netweaver system, we were able to avoid an automatic recycle by using specific command line options at startup. This was useful if we wanted to perform more than one change on a system, but combine the needs for a java instance restart into one single action.

Now that JSPM is deprecated and replaced by SUM, is there a similar command line option (or some other setting) that will cause SUM to pause after applying patches, and wait for a manual restart instead of restarting java automatically?

thanks in advance for your help!

Peter”

Could you help us to find what actually you mean with “JSPM tool to apply java component patches on a netweaver system, we were able to avoid an automatic recycle by using specific command line options at startup”

Regards,

Deyan