13.1 Upgrade Checklist

You can upgrade to Change Guardian 6.0 from Change Guardian 5.1 or later.

For information about appliance upgrade paths, see Appliance Upgrading Paths.

You must upgrade both the Change Guardian server and Policy Editor. The Change Guardian Agent for Windows is backward compatible.

Use the following checklist to upgrade your Change Guardian installation:

Table 13-1 Upgrade Checklist

 

Tasks

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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.

Supported Platforms on the System Requirements page.

Understand the order for the upgrade before upgrading the operating system on the Change Guardian server,

Upgrading the Appliance Installation

Review the SUSE Release Notes for known issues related to the supported operating system.

SUSE Release Notes

Review the Change Guardian Release Notes to see the new functionalities and understand the known issues.

Release Notes

Upgrade the Change Guardian server.

NOTE:If the Change Guardian server is running on FIPS mode, enable TLS 1.1 after upgrading the Change Guardian server.

Upgrade the Change Guardian components.