9.1 Change Guardian Upgrade Checklist

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

Table 9-1 Upgrade Checklist

 

Tasks

See

 

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

Supported Platforms on the NetIQ web site

 

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

Section 9.2, Planning an Operating System Upgrade

 

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.

Section 9.3, Upgrading the Change Guardian Server

 

Upgrade the Policy Editor.

Section 9.4, Upgrading Windows-Based Components

 

(Optional) Upgrade the Windows Agent.

Section 9.4, Upgrading Windows-Based Components