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Troubleshooting suggestions

The following topics discuss Component Manager and System Upgrade errors and suggested solutions:

Both Component Manager and System Upgrade

Troubleshoot cron
Troubleshoot component dependencies
Troubleshoot the updater application
Troubleshoot backup

System Upgrade only

“Sorry, we can’t take that action right now”
Missing .gitignore files
Roll back after upgrade failure
CE to EE upgrade failure

Sep 6th, 2018