Zip it up
1. xcopy a working copy of the new release
2. Delete extraneous files
3. Manually walk through and delete any unnecessary files
4. Remove database directory
5. Remove webinf lib directory
6. zip it up
Prepare the new release
1. Unzip the new release into a stage directory
2. Copy old database
3. Copy the lib directory
4. Change aspire.properties for production logging
Swap
1. Bringdown tomcat
2. Rename the current release to an older release name
3. Copy stage directoy
4. Rename the copy to akc
5. Test it