eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 Cumulative Hotfix 7 Release

[JimmyClearwell]

Hello Everybody,
  
I wanted to let you all know that as of November 27, 2016 eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 CHF7 has been released eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 Cumulative Hotfix 7 Release http://www.veritas.com/docs/000116772   
 
You can apply the hotfix by downloading from the aforementioned link and installing from the exe file. 

As with any upgrade, please first refer to the upgrade support documents:  
• Supported upgrade paths for eDiscovery Platform http://www.veritas.com/docs/000095769  
• eDiscovery Platform Compatibility Matrix http://www.veritas.com/docs/000019811 
 
Attached are the eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 Cumulative Hotfix 7 Release Notes for your review.

[Ali_G]

Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for sharing the news on CHF7, but the links does not seem to work. Is this cumulative hotfix still being prepared for release, or could there be a problem with the links?

Thank You

Ali

[JimmyClearwell]

Hello @Ali_G

 At the moment I don’t know what’s up with the article. It doesn’t seem to come up any more.

Although if you login to MyVeritas https://my.veritas.com and look under the Previous Versions for Symantec eDiscovery Platform 8.1 Product you should see Veritas_eDiscovery_Platform_v811_CHF7_Win_EN_Fix1.zip  108 MB. That’s the hotfix.  

Maybe it was pulled for some reason. You may want to hold off on applying it for now just in case. I’ll check into it more here soon and keep you posted.

[JimmyClearwell]

Hello @Ali_G,

It was confirmed that eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 Cumulative Hotfix 7 Release http://www.veritas.com/docs/000116772  was republished yesterday  Make sure that you go to the URL and download and install from the new binary.

Also, I want to offer some advice to you (unless I already made you aware at some point) when performing CHF upgrades in eDP now and in the future. Besides creating and/or confirming a previous nights backup (case backups mostly), make sure you include the creation of a backup copy of the D:\CW\V8x\web folder before performing the upgrade.  Backup of the web could potentially be used in the event of a CHF rollback. At least this was the suggestion of a well-respected Backline Engineer 

When you have an opportunity, would you mind marking your issue as Resolved.

[bc1410]

Hello Jimmy...   When was it replublished..  I downloaded it on 12/2/16 on a test appliance.   Do I need to reapply the CHF7..  Has something changed?   If so how easy / hard is it to rollback a CHF...  Thanks 

[bc1410]

Im guessing I need to use my full node backup to restore back to 8.1.1 CHF5 where I was prior to  applying the CHF7 hotfix???  thnks

[JimmyClearwell]

Hello @bc1410,

Good job having the node backup

Since it's a test appliance, I'd recommend a node restore. Makes the process easier and shouldn't take that long at all. After that, apply the new exe from eDiscovery Platform 8.1.1 Cumulative Hotfix 7 Release http://www.veritas.com/docs/000116772.  

[JimmyClearwell]

Still, I encourage making a backup copy of the D:\CW\V8x\web folder along with node and case backups whenever performing CHF updates. It could be used in a recovery situation. 

[bc1410]

thanks - I will note that regarding the d:\cw\v8x\web directory..  Thanks again