Install a PPM Service Release

You can install a PPM Service Release as a new full featured PPM version or as an update of an already installed PPM 10.5 version.

Currently, the service release installer does not support side-by-side installation if a PPM 10.5 version is already installed.

For PPM version 10.4 or older, the service release installer only supports side-by-side installation.

If you install the service release as an update, the PPM Setup automatically updates the installed PPM system including the client settings if required. You only must convert the database manually after installation, if required. Please refer to the Release Notes if a conversion of the database is required.

Change log

All changes of the service release installation are written to the following log file.

<PPM installation>\server\bin\work\data_ppm\system\log\ppm_clientsetup.log

Please check the log file after you have installed a service release as update of an already installed PPM version. The log file may provide additional information or advice.

Merge of client settings files

During the service release installation, the settings files of each PPM client are updated. For this, the relevant setting files are merged and stored in the current clients config folder.

<PPM installation>\server\bin\work\data_ppm\config\<client>

Note that all existing files are overwritten. A backup copy of the original settings files is located in the following directory:

<PPM installation>\server\bin\work\data_ppm\config\<client>\settings_<oldversion>.

Installation on a Windows System

On a Windows system, you must run the PPM Service Release installation program (setup.exe). The installation program updates the installed ARIS PPM Cloud Agent and runnables to the Service Release version.

For details on installing PPM on a Windows system, refer to the chapter Installation on a Windows system.

Installation on a Linux System

On a Linux system, you must first update the ARIS PPM Cloud Agent by running the rpm installer as sudo:

rpm -Uvh ./ppm105-cloud-agent-<version>.rpm.

After you have updated the ARIS PPM Cloud Agent, you can install the Service Release using a remote installation.

For details on installing PPM on a Linux system, refer to the chapter Installation on a Linux system.