ADMINISTRATOR SECTION: CHAPTER 2 - CONFIGURING THE ER 3.0 SERVER

View Installed Patches

Any patch previously installed on the Server displays in the ER Patch History frame. For each installed patch, the Date installed (YYYY/MM/DD), and patch Name and Description display.

Retrieve a Patch

1.In the Retrieve Patch Updates frame, click the hyperlink (“here”) to launch a browser window for the Web page “Software Updates: Enterprise Reporter (ER) Patches” (http://www.8e6technologies.com/patches/er.html) from 8e6’s Web site (see Fig. 1:2-18).

2.If patches are available for the ER 3.0, links to the files display in the “ER 3.0” section of the Web page. To down- load a patch to the Server, make a selection by clicking on the Name of the patch.

3.In the Save As popup window, save the patch to a desig- nated folder on the Server, then close the popup window and the Web page.

Install a Patch

WARNING: Before installing a patch you must shut off the Server’s software by selecting the Shutdown Software option on the Shut Down screen. (See the Shut Down sub-section under the Server menu section in this chapter.) All patches must be installed in numerical order on your Server.

1.On the Software Update screen, click the Browse button to open the Choose file popup window.

2.Select the patch. When you make a selection from this popup window, the popup window closes and your choice displays in the text box.

3.Click the Upload button to install the patch on the Server.

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