5.1 Secure Configuration Manager Upgrade Checklist

Upgrade your Secure Configuration Manager installation using the following checklist.

 

Checklist Items

  1. Back up the Secure Configuration Manager configuration data. For more information, see Section 5.2, Backing Up Configuration Data.

  1. Close all Secure Configuration Manager consoles and shut down Core Services. For more information, see Section 5.3.1, Preparing to Upgrade.

  1. Using Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager, ensure that no users are connected to the Secure Configuration Manager database.

  1. Back up your Secure Configuration Manager database. For more information, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation.

  1. Ensure that the computers on which you want to upgrade Secure Configuration Manager components meet the specified requirements. For more information, see Section 2.5, Planning Your Secure Configuration Manager Environment and Step 6 of Section 5.3.1, Preparing to Upgrade.

  1. Ensure that you have SQL Server configured properly to allow Secure Configuration Manager to connect to the database. For more information, see Step 7 in Section 5.3.1, Preparing to Upgrade.

    IMPORTANT:Before beginning to install Secure Configuration Manager, close all the windows that are open against Vigilent database in SQL Server Management Studio.

  1. Stop all pending and scheduled jobs. For more information, see Section 5.3.2, Stop Scheduled Jobs Before Upgrade.

  1. Upgrade Core Services and the Secure Configuration Manager database. After the upgrade dialog box closes, Secure Configuration Manager continues to run the upgrade process. Do not stop Core Services until the upgrade fully completes. For more information, see Section 5.3.3, Upgrading Secure Configuration Manager.

  1. Upgrade each console computer. Secure Configuration Manager displays a message if you attempt to log on to the console before the database upgrade process completes. For more information, see Section 5.3.3, Upgrading Secure Configuration Manager.

  1. Restore all the Secure Configuration Manager data. For more information, see Section 5.6, Recovering Configuration Data.

  1. Run the AutoSync update service to download the latest security checks and policy templates. For more information, see Section 5.4, Updating Security Knowledge.

  1. Check the NetIQ Web site to ensure that you have the latest version for your currently installed agents. For more information, see the Secure Configuration Manager Technical Information web page.

  1. (Conditional) If you do not have the latest version of an agent, download the appropriate software update from the NetIQ Web site and use the instructions provided in the installation kit to upgrade the agent or see Updating Agent Content in the NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager User Guide.