Hotfix for MIDAS 4.12.0 - Case ID: MIDAS-6592 This is a universal hotfix for the MIDAS Product Family. MIDAS target version: v4.12.0 OS Version: RHEL 5.x, HPUX-IA 11, Solaris 10, Windows Server OS (Webapp only) The hotfix has to be applied to any installation of MIDAS v4.12.0 If you have a split MIDAS WebApp and one or more MIDAS OM BackEnd installations, the hotfix has to be applied on Backend only. Description =========== This hotfix resolves issue: - MIDAS-6591 Policy containing non-ascii characters (doublebyte chars) is not uploading Preparation =========== Please make sure, that, before installing this hotfix, all prior released fixes have been installed in the order of appearance! To make sure you can later uninstall the hotfix if necessary, backup the whole MIDAS installation folder by tar'ing the 1. On Unix: /midas.sh clean On Windows: \midas clean 2. tar cvf MIDAS4120.tar / 3. On Unix: /midas.sh start On Windows: \midas start Please note that uninstalling this hotfix is not possible. Only a complete removal of the fixed MIDAS installation and an extraction of the backed-up will bring back your old installation! Note: You may skip the "Preparation", e.g. due to disk space limitations at the cost of losing the option to uninstall the hotfix later. Installation ============ To install this hotfix: 1. Copy the 02_4.12.0_6592_multibyte_char_opccfg_pkg.zip into the MIDAS installation directory 2. Install the hotfix by executing: On Unix: /midas.sh patch /02_4.12.0_6592_multibyte_char_opccfg_pkg.zip On Windows: \midas patch \02_4.12.0_6592_multibyte_char_opccfg_pkg.zip 3. The following lines might appear at the end of the hotfix installation. Please just ignore them: [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource com/bes/itm/ant/xml/antlib.xml. It could not be found. [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource com/bes/itm/ant/ssh/antlib.xml. It could not be found. [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource com/bes/itm/ant/util/antlib.xml. It could not be found. Uninstallation (Removal) ======================== Please note that uninstalling cumulative hotfixes for MIDAS is only supported in case you created a backup of the complete ! To remove the hotfix (this has to be done on each of the MIDAS servers!): 1. On Unix: /midas.sh clean On Windows: \midas clean 2. Remove current 3. tar xvf MIDAS4120.tar 4. On Unix /midas.sh start On Windows \midas start