These release notes are for PhixFlow 5.8.1.

This release is for Oracle and SQL Server only.

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Installation / Upgrade

To install a new PhixFlow instance, follow the instructions in $release/schema/$database/install and in $release/webapp/doc ./userguides/PhixFlow Installation Guide.pdf.

To upgrade an existing PhixFlow instance:

1. Ensure that you have a recent full backup of your database. If, for any reason, you need to rollback (see "Rollback Upgrade" below), your PhixFlow configuration and data will revert to this point.
2. Shut down tomcat.
3. Upgrade your Java installation to the latest version of Java 7
4. Remove the Oracle / SQL Server and MySQL jdbc driver files from $tomcat/lib (the actual names can vary, but be similar to ojdbc16.jar (oracle), sqljdbc4.jar (sql server) and mysql-conector-java-5.1.23-bin.jar (mysql). The correct versions of these files are now included in the PhixFlow webapp.
5. Move the live phixflow installation, i.e. the directory $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow, to an archive location. E.g. on unix/linux: mv $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow $CV_ARCHIVE/phixflow-<current date>
6. Copy the webapps/phixflow directory in the release to $TOMCAT/webapps. E.g. on unix/linux: cp $CV_RELEASE/phixflow_<new release>/webapps/phixflow $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow
7. Copy the following files from the WEB-INF/classes directory in the archive of the live installation, e.g. $CV_ARCHIVE/phixflow-<current date>/WEB-INF/classes, to $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow/WEB-INF/classes:
   • phixflow-datasource.xml
   • phixflow-instance.xml
   • phixflow-email.xml
   • phixflow-domains.xml
   • log4j.properties
8. Ensure all migration scripts are run in sequence from prior version to this version e.g.:
   1. for Oracle users: @@$CV_RELEASE/phixflow_<newrelease>/schema/oracle/migration/X.Y/migrate_schema_from_x_y_z_to_X_Y_Z.sql
   2. for SQL Server users: from directory $CV_RELEASE\phixflow_<newrelease>\schema\sql_server\migration\X.Y run:
      • sqlcmd -S cvServer\cvInstanceName -U cview -P cview -i migrate_schema_from_x_y_z_to_X_Y_Z.sql -v dbName="cview"
9. Re-start tomcat.
10. Upgrade is complete

To Rollback an Upgrade

The upgrade can be rolled back immediately after it has been completed, if necessary. These are the steps to rollback:

1. Re-install the pre-upgrade release: copy the pre-upgrade release stored in the archive area back into tomcat. E.g. cp $CV_ARCHIVE/phixflow-<current date> $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow (overwriting the recently installed upgrade of PhixFlow).
2. Restore the database from the most recent backup taken before the upgrade.

Bug Fixes

Configuration Export/Import

The maximum size of file that can be imported has been increased to 1Gb.

Many unnecessary or over-strict validation checks, which were carried out when importing configuration data, have been removed.