Updating S2IX on a Node

Updating S2IX on a Node

To apply an update to S2IX follow these steps:

  1. Log onto the primary server of the node.
  2. Navigate to Central Administration.
  3. Navigate to System Settings.
  4. Navigate to Manage farm solutions.
  5. For each of the solutions s2ix.branding.wsp and s2ix.wsp (executed in this order):
    1. Click on the solution Name.
    2. Click Retract Solution.
    3. Click Ok.
    4. Once the solution has been retracted, click on the solution name.
    5. Click Remove Solution.
    6. Click Ok.
  6. Included within the update package is three solutions s2ix.wsp, s2ix.branding.wsp and s2ix.branding.ran.wsp. For each of these solutions:
    1. Open a SharePoint 2019 Management Shell session.
    2. Enter the command Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath <wsp-path> where <wsp-path> is the path to each wsp file located where you extracted the cumulative update to e.g. F:\Source\CumulativeUpdate4\S2IX\s2ix.wsp
    3. Run the above command.
  7. Navigate to Central Administration.
  8. Navigate to System Settings.
  9. Navigate to Manage farm solutions.
  10. For each of the solutions s2ix.wsp and s2ix.branding.wsp (executed in this order):
    1. Click on the solution Name.
    2. Click Deploy Solution.
    3. Click Ok.
  11. Once all the solutions have been deployed, restart the server.
  12. Log onto the primary server of the node.
  13. Start a PowerShell session as an administrator.
  14. Add in the S2IX PowerShell Snapin by running the command Add-PSSnapin S2IX.PowerShell.
  15. Run the command Invoke-S2IXDatabaseUpgrade.
  16. Review and update the node.config and nodenetwork.config files in C:\Program Files\S2IX\Configuration as appropriate, based on any release notes or environment requirements.