This section provides information about upgrading to Change Guardian Appliance 5.2.
To configure appliance for upgrade, perform the following steps:
Download the following file to the Change Guardian server: changeguardian_appliance_configuration_utility_5100-32.tar.gz from Micro Focus Downloads.
Extract the file by running the following command: tar -xvf changeguardian_appliance_configuration_utility_5100-32.tar.gz.
Use the cd command to change to the directory where you extracted the utility.
To configure the appliance, run the following script:
./cg5100-appliance_configuration.sh
This script configures the required packages to manage the appliance.
WARNING:Do not run this script remotely as it involves network reconfiguration, which in turn might interrupt the configuration.
Go to Applying the Updates.
To upgrade from 5.1.1 to 5.2 go to Applying the Updates.
The following are the two methods in which you can apply the updates:
Further, in secured environments where the appliance must run without direct Internet access, you may contact Technical Support.
Following sections provide more information about applying updates.
Log in to the following URL to register to the Change Guardian appliance update channel: https://IP_Address_Change_Guardian_server:9443.
Use the appliance update channel to receive Change Guardian and operating system updates.
For more information, see Applying the Updates.
Log in to the Change Guardian Appliance Console as the vaadmin or root user.
Click Online Update.
Select Needed Patches from the drop-down list and click Update Now.
Select Needed Patches from the drop-down list to ensure that there are no pending updates.
You can upgrade Change Guardian by using Zypper. Zypper is a command line package manager that allows you to perform an interactive upgrade of appliance. In instances where user interaction is required to complete the upgrade, such as an end user license agreement update, you must use Zypper to upgrade the Change Guardian appliance.
For information about which methods of upgrade are supported for a release, see the Release Notes.
NOTE:Ensure you apply updates only after upgrading Change Guardian, the operating system and then running the appliance configuration utility.
To update the appliance using zypper, perform the following steps:
Log in to the server Command Line Interface as root.
To check for available updates, run the command zypper lp.
Install the Zypper updates by running the command zypper patch.
WARNING:Always use the zypper patch command to upgrade the Change Guardian appliance. The zypper up command is not compatible with the Change Guardian appliance and might cause serious damage to your environment.
Restart the Change Guardian appliance by running the command reboot.
Rerun the command zypper patch to install the appliance updates.
For more information, see the Zypper Cheat Sheet.