Migrate the "bat" directory

Batch files from previous PPM versions may no longer function and require adaptation.

The directory <PPM_CURRENT_DATA>/custom/<client>/bat generated when the client was created contains a number of default batch files that are not to be changed or deleted.

An exception is the file _param.bat. This file contains settings required for using in the batch files. Whereas the current file contains the list of all available settings of the latest PPM version, the _param.bat file of the previous PPM version client contains the settings that were used there. If you want to use some or all of the settings of a previous PPM version client in the current PPM version, please proceed as follows.

Procedure

  1. Switch to the <PPM_PREVIOUS_DATA>/custom/<client>/bat directory and open the file _param.bat for editing using a text editor.
  2. Copy the settings that you want to continue to use in the current PPM version.
  3. Switch to the directory <PPM_CURRENT_DATA>/custom/<client>/bat and open the file _param.bat for editing using a text editor.
  4. Merge the copied settings from step 2 into the current file

    _param.bat

    and replace the possibly existing previous PPM version paths in the file, for example, <PPM_PREVIOUS_HOME>, with the corresponding paths in the current PPM version installation. Assure that each settings entry is unique.

To transfer more batch files from a previous PPM version client to a PPM 10.5.1 client on which the files do not exist, the procedure is as follows.

Procedure

  1. Switch to the <PPM_PREVIOUS_DATA>/custom/<client>/bat directory and copy the relevant batch files to the clipboard.

    Switch to the directory <PPM_CURRENT_DATA>/custom/<client>/bat and paste the copied batch files.

  2. Check if referenced batch files have already been migrated. If this is not the case you need to migrate them, too.