To switch an active configuration profile, you deactivate one configuration profile version, and activate another version.
When you activate a new configuration profile version, the provider and the consumer systems are updated as follows:
Step 1 – Initial Situation
Configuration profile version 1 is active on both the provider and the consumer system. Logical port version 1 is being used to access endpoint version 1 on the provider system.
Step 2 – The New Configuration Profile Version is Activated on the Provider System
The new configuration profile (version 2) is activated on the provider system. A corresponding endpoint is created for the service definition.
For a transitional period, both endpoint version 1 and version 2 are active on the provider system. Initially, only endpoint version 1 is being accessed by the consumer system.
Note
When you assign a configuration profile to a service definition, endpoints are only created if both the configuration profile and the configuration scenario with the service definition are active.
Step 3 – The New Configuration Profile Version is Activated on the Consumer System
The new configuration profile (version 2) is activated on the consumer system. A new logical port (version 2) is created and activated for configuration profile version 2. Logical port version 2 points to the endpoint version 2 on the provider system.
Configuration profile version 1 and the logical port version 1 are now deactivated on the consumer system. Configuration profile version 1 and its endpoint are still active on the provider system. Endpoint version 1 may still be accessed by other consumer systems.
Step 4 – Only the New Configuration Profile Version is Active
Configuration profile version 1 is deactivated on the provider system. Endpoint version 1 is now deleted on the provider system.
Now only the new configuration profile version is active on both the provider system and the consumer system.