6.1 Change Guardian Upgrade Checklist

You must upgrade both the Change Guardian server and the Policy Editor. The Windows agents are backward compatible.Use the following checklist to upgrade your Change Guardian installation:

NOTE:

  • You can upgrade to Change Guardian 5.1 only from Change Guardian 5.0.

  • You can upgrade to Change Guardian 5.1.1 and later only from Change Guardian 5.1.

Table 6-1 Upgrade Checklist

 

Tasks

See

Ensure that the computers on which you install Change Guardian components meet the specified requirements.

NOTE:Change Guardian is not supported if the operating system is in FIPS mode. Ensure your operating system is not in FIPS mode before you upgrade.

Supported Platforms on the System Requirements page.

If you need to upgrade the operating system on the Change Guardian server, understand the recommended order for the upgrade.

Upgrading the Operating System

Review the supported operating system release notes to understand the known issues.

SUSE Release Notes

Review the Change Guardian release notes to see new functionality and understand the known issues.

Change Guardian Release Notes

Upgrade the Change Guardian server.

Upgrade the Policy Editor.

Upgrading Policy Editor

Upgrade the Windows Agent.

Upgrading Windows Agent

Upgrade the Security Agent for UNIX

For information on how to upgrade Security Agent for UNIX remotely, refer to Security Agent for UNIX documentation.