Backing Out a Release
Release backout backs out all baselined release packages, changes their status from BAS to BAK, and then changes the status of the release from BAS to BAK.
If your release was distributed to one or more ChangeMan ZMF production sites, you can initiate release backout at the development site and back out the release at some or all production sites.
When a release is backed out at a production site, all installed release packages at that site are backed out and their status is changed from INS to BAK. The status of the release at that site is changed from INS to BAK.
When backout for a distributed release is complete at all production sites, the release packages are backed out at the development site, and their status is changed from BAS to BAK. Then the status of the release at the development site is changed from BAS to BAK.
To return the release to DEV status, you must revert the release. See Reverting a Release. To return packages to DEV status, you must revert each release package. See Reverting a Release Package.
Follow these steps to back out the release at production instances and at the development instance where the release was created.
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This procedure describes backing out a release that is installed at production sites. If you are working in an ALL environment, you will not see the panels for site selection, but the backout release process is essentially the same.
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Follow these steps to access the release that you want to back out.
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Type =7 on the Command or Option line of any panel in ChangeMan ZMF, then press Enter.
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Type release selection criteria in fields on the Release List Specifications Parameters panel, or leave the fields blank, and press Enter.
The Release List panel is displayed.
CMNRMRLF Release List Row 1 to 2 of 2 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release Sta Install Work request Dept Aud Creator Pkgs FIN6410 BAS 20160328 WR 9010 FINANCE USER015 00001 FIN6430 BAS 20160328 WR 9030 FINANCE USER015 00003 ******************************* Bottom of data *******************************The Release List panel shows releases that satisfy the selection criteria you typed on the Release List Parameters panel.
Notice the Sta column, which displays the overall status of the release at the development instance.
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On the Release List panel, type BO in the line command for the release you want to back out. Press Enter and the Backout: Site Selection panel is displayed.
CMNRMRBS Backout Site Information Row 1 to 2 of 2 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: BAS Site Install Contact Phone Status _ SERT# 20160318 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 INS _ SERT4 20160318 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 BAS _ SERT5 20160318 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 INS ******************************* Bottom of data *******************************Notice the Status column at the right of the panel, which is the status of the release at the production instance.
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Select the site or sites from which you want to back out the release. Press Enter and the site - Backout Reasons panel is displayed.
CMNRMRBO SERT5 - Backout Reasons Command ===> Release: FIN6430 Status: BAS Install: 20101218 -
Type your reasons for backing out the release on the site - Backout Reasons panel and press Enter. If the site you selected for backout is a P instance, the Submit Remote Backout Request panel is displayed.
CMNRMBJC Submit Remote Backout Request Command ===> Site: SERT5 Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: INS Job Statement Information: //USER239A JOB (ACCOUNT),'SERT5 JOB’, // CLASS=A, // NOTIFY=USER239, // MSGCLASS=YModify the job card as required and press Enter to submit a service request job that connects to the production site through TCP/IP and initiates release backout at that site.
If you selected more than one site to back out, the site - Backout Reasons panel is displayed for the next selected site. This panel displays the backout reasons that you typed for the previous site.
Repeat the site - Backout Reasons step and the Submit Remote Backout Request step until service request jobs have been submitted for all of sites that you selected.
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When you have submitted service request jobs for all of the sites that you selected, the Backout: Site Selection panel is displayed again.
CMNRMRBS Backout Site Information Job Submitted Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: BAS Site Install Contact Phone Status _ SERT# 20101218 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 INS _ SERT4 20101218 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 BAS _ SERT5 20101218 0800 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 800-555-1212 INS ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************If you wait until all package backout jobs for a site have run, then Refresh the Backout Site Selection panel, you can see the release status at a site change to from INS to BAK.
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Press PF3 and you are returned to the Release List panel.
CMNRMRLF Release List Row 1 to 2 of 2 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release Sta Install Work request Dept Aud Creator Pkgs FIN6410 BAS 20160328 WR 9010 FINANCE USER015 00001 FIN6430 BAS 20160328 WR 9030 FINANCE USER015 00003 ******************************* Bottom of data ******************************* -
After the release status is changed to BAK at all production sites and you Refresh the Release List panel, you can see the status of the release is changed from BAS to BAK.
CMNRMRLF Release List Row 1 to 2 of 2 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release Sta Install Work request Dept Aud Creator Pkgs FIN6410 BAS 20160328 WR 9010 FINANCE USER015 00001 FIN6430 BAK 20160328 WR 9030 FINANCE USER015 00003 ******************************* Bottom of data ******************************* -
Release backout is complete.
When a release and its attached packages are backed out, you must revert the release and the packages to DEV status to make changes and start the release install process over again.
See Reverting a Release for the steps to revert a release to DEV status.
See Reverting a Release Package for the steps to revert a release package to DEV status.