Sentinel Agent Manager 8.3 resolves a previous issue.
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The following issue is resolved in this release:
Issue: Confirmation messages are displayed during a silent upgrade. You can complete the upgrade only if you confirm that you want to proceed. (Bug 1126328)
Fix: Silent upgrade completes successfully. When running the command to silently install or upgrade unmanaged agents, you must now include a new parameter IS_SILENT="true". For more information about including this parameter, see the following sections in the in the Agent Manager Installation Guide:
For information about hardware requirements, supported operating systems, and browsers, see System Requirements.
For information about installing Agent Manager 8.3, see the Agent Manager Installation Guide.
You can upgrade to Agent Manager 8.3 from Agent Manager 8.0 or later.
Download the Agent Manager installer from the Patch Finder website. For information about upgrading to Agent Manager 8.2, see Upgrading Sentinel Agent Manager in the Agent Manager Installation Guide.
The following issues are currently being researched. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.
Issue: When FIPS 140-2 mode is enabled in your Sentinel environment, using Windows authentication for Agent Manager causes synchronization with the Agent Manager database to fail. (Bug 814452)
Workaround: Use SQL authentication for Agent Manager when FIPS 140-2 mode is enabled in your Sentinel environment.
Issue: Agent Manager 7.3 introduced security improvements that break communication with the iSeries agent. Agent Manager 7.3 and later cannot collect events from the iSeries Agent.
Workaround: Do not upgrade Agent Manager. Continue to use Agent Manager 7.2 to collect data from iSeries devices.
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