Reverting a Release
Revert release clears all release install approvals, unblocks the release, and changes the status of the release from APR, REJ, DIS, or BAK to DEV status.
The status of release areas are not changed, and packages attached to the release are not automatically reverted.
If your release was distributed to one or more ChangeMan ZMF production instances, you can initiate revert release at the development instance and revert release at some or all production sites.
If you revert a release that is waiting to install, scheduling information for packages attached to the release is removed from the scheduler, so even if you do not revert the packages, they will not install. However, you must revert a package to change any package contents. See Reverting a Release Package.
Follow these steps to revert a release:
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This procedure describes reverting a release that will install at production ZMF instances. If you are working in an ALL environment, you will not see the panels for site selection, but the revert release process is essentially the same.
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Follow these steps to access the release that you want to revert.
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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 (CMNRMRLF) 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 REJ 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 RV in the line command for the release you want to revert. Press Enter, and the Revert: Site Information panel is displayed.
CMNRMRRS Revert Site Information Row 1 to 3 of 3 Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: APR Site Install Contact Phone Status _ SERT# 20160318 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 N/S _ SERT4 20160318 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 REJ _ SERT5 20160318 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 N/S ******************************* Bottom of data *******************************This panel displays all of the sites where packages attached to this release are scheduled for install.
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The Revert: Site Information panel shows production instances where release packages were distributed. This panel also shows the development site. Revert release is a simple process of changing the release status at production sites and at the development site. There is no network of jobs that automatically reverts the development site when all production sites have been reverted.
Notice the Status column at the right of the panel, which is the status of the release at that site.
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On the Revert: Site Information panel, select the installation site or sites where you want to revert your release, and press Enter. The site - Revert Reasons panel is displayed for the first selected site.
CMNRMRRV SERT4 - Revert Reasons Command ===> Release: FIN6430 Status: REJ Install: 20101218Type your reasons for reverting the release on the The site - Revert Reasons panel.
CMNRMRRV SERT4 - Revert Reasons Command ===> Release: FIN6430 Status: REJ Install: 20101218 Release reverted to move non-critical projects from December release to January release -
When you are satisfied with the text you typed on the site - Revert Reasons panel, press Enter. If the site you selected for revert is a P instance, the Submit Remote Revert Request panel is displayed.
CMNRMRJC Submit Remote Revert Request Command ===> Site: SERT@ Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: DIS Job Statement Information: ===> //USER01 JOB (XXXX,ZZZZ),'USER01 REVERT'_________________ ===> // CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=USER01,______________ ===> // MSGLEVEL=(1,1)_________________________________ ===> //*______________________________________________________Type job card information on the Submit Remove Revert Request panel, and press Enter to submit a service request job that connects to the production site through TCP/IP and initiates release revert at that site.
If you selected more than one site to revert, the site - Revert Reasons panel is displayed for the next selected site. This panel displays the revert reasons that you typed for the previous site.
Repeat the site - Revert Reasons step and the Submit Remove Revert Request step until service request jobs have been submitted for all of sites that you selected.
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When the last installation site has been processed, you are returned to the Revert: Site Information panel.
CMNRMRRS Revert Site Information Job Submitted Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release: FIN6430 Creator: USER239 Status: APR Site Install Contact Phone Status _ SERT# 20101218 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 DIS _ SERT4 20101218 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 DIS _ SERT5 20101218 0001 AGUSTO YEARWOOD 808-555-1212 DIS ******************************* Bottom of data ******************************* -
Press PF3 to return to the Release List panel. When all service request jobs are finished running to revert your release at all selected remote sites, you can type Refresh in the Command line of the Release List, and the release you reverted shows an updated status of DEV.
CMNRMRLF Release List Release Reverted Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR Release Sta Install Work request Dept Aud Creator Pkgs FIN6410 BAS 20160328 WR 9010 FINANCE USER015 00001 FIN6430 DEV 20160328 WR 9030 FINANCE USER015 00003 ******************************* Bottom of data ******************************* -
Revert release is complete.
You must revert attached packages in a reverted release to change components in those packages. See Reverting a Release Package.