This topic presents procedures to upgrade an Application Diagnostics agent for .NET from version 2.5, or later, to App Visibility 10.0.
Note
To upgrade from a version earlier than 2.5, you must first
upgrade to version 2.5
, and then upgrade to version 2.6.x.
You can upgrade each agent using the upgrade wizard, or you can upgrade the agent using the silent upgrade procedure, and deploy the silent upgrade to several computers.
When you run the setup.exe installation wizard on a system with a previous version of the product, the wizard automatically switches to upgrade mode
Before you begin
Download the App Visibility agent for .NET installation files from the Electronic Product Distribution site to a temporary directory on the agent computer.
You must have administrative privileges for the application server that will be monitored.
To upgrade an App Visibility agent for .NET
- Copy and extract the files to a temporary directory on the target computer.
- To launch the wizard, double-click setup.exe.
- To confirm that you want to upgrade, click Yes.
The utility installs the current version with the same values as the earlier installation. - After the upgrade is complete, click Finish.
Behavior of agent and agent policy after upgrade
Upgrading to App Visibility does not change the agent policy files. Agent policy files are upgraded with the App Visibility server, and they contain the new features for the agents. The agent for .NET continues to use the same agent policy file as before the upgrade.
Where to go from here
Verify that upgrade of the agent for .NET is successful and that the agent to sending data.
Related topics
Preparing for an App Visibility upgrade and checking compatibility
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