This article applies to:

• Mobile Client 3.0

Question:

• How Mobile Client Updater (MCU) updates clients?

Information:

The server will unpack the files into the default update location so that clients can find the update as expected. The default location is http://{mobile Server host/ip}:81/mobile_client_updates. To verify that your update files have been posted, go to the file latest-manifest.mcxml in this directory. Clients read this file to determine if applicable updates are available.

When the MCU reads available update information, it gives priority to new versions of the software. If a new version of the Mobile Client is available, it is downloaded and installed.
Since the updated package contains an embedded copy of the latest configuration, this is adequate to ensure both the software and the configuration are updated. However, if the MCU finds no new software available, it checks to see if a new configuration is available. If the latter is available, that is downloaded and applied. Such updates are much smaller in size than updating an entire new version of the Mobile Client.