You can upgrade Security Agent for UNIX using UAM or manually.
To upgrade the Security Agent using UAM, perform the following steps.
To upgrade the agent:
In UAM, select the hosts that you want to upgrade.
Go to Manage Hosts > Upgrade Hosts.
Select Upgrade Security Components.
Click Start Upgrade.
To manually upgrade the agent, perform the following tasks.
To Upgrade an agent on a local computer:
Download agent artifacts and certificates. See, the Micro Focus Downloads page.
Log on to an Agent computer using an account with superuser privileges.
Download the package in the root folder and specify the following command to extract the install files from the tar file.
tar -zxvf <install_filename>
Replace <install_filename> with the actual name of the install file.
Change to the directory where you extracted the installer:
cd <directory_name>
Start the install script:
/bin/sh ./install.sh
To upgrade, enter y when you are prompted with the following text:
A compatible agent is already installed on this machine in the directory '/usr'. Do you want to add or upgrade existing agents to it?
(Conditional) To install the Agent in FIPS mode, enter y when you are prompted with the following text in the command prompt:
Do you want to enable FIPS security restrictions for communication with this component? [n]
The default value is n.
Proceed through the prompts.
Enter y if you want the Agent to monitor other security software. Otherwise, enter n.
When prompted, specify rclink.
rclink is the default option for restart method. For more information about restart methods, see Restart Methods for the Security Agent for UNIX.
(Conditional) To install newer components in additional, see Section 3.0, Installing Security Agent for UNIX.
The installation process finishes and the Agent starts. It might take a few minutes for all services to start after installation.