This topic presents upgrade procedures for the App Visibility server from Application Diagnostics version 2.6.x to the current version. You can upgrade App Visibility components using the silent upgrade procedure, as described in this topic, and deploy the silent upgrade to several computers, or you can upgrade using the upgrade wizard.
When you run the silent installation, only the App Visibility component or components that are on the computer are upgraded. After you upgrade components, you can run the silent installation to install components that are not on the computer.
The following topics are presented:
Back up the database. Note The upgrade process modifies the database schema. You will need the database backup if you want to revert to the previous version.Before you begin
If you customized other settings with the help of BMC Support, contact them for assistance backing up the settings.
In a command line, navigate to the \ADOPServer\Disk1 folder in the installation file structure.
Enter the encrypted root password for the MySQL Database to update the database tables.
If the root password was not changed since installation, do not change the entered password.
To run the silent upgrade, enter the following command:
Windows
setup.exe -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullFilePath>\adop-silent-option-upgrade.txt
Linux
./setup.bin -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=<fullFilePath>/adop-silent-option-upgrade
Notes
If you see an error about the database encryption method, see Upgrading the App Visibility server stops because of database encryption method.
If the upgrade fails, you must uninstall what has been installed before rerunning the installation wizard. For more information about the uninstall process, see Uninstalling the App Visibility server.
The App Visibility server log files are located in the following directories:
The Maintenance Tool enables you to retrieve an encrypted password, which the App Visibility server upgrade utility requires to access the MySQL database. You must use an encrypted password so that it is not exposed in the upgrade options file.
You can run the Maintenance Tool in a GUI or from the command line interface (CLI):
Warning After you upgrade the App Visibility server, the system can no longer receive events from earlier versions. Upgrade all App Visibility agents to the latest version. Adding App Visibility to the Operations Management Console Verifying the App Visibility server upgradeWhere to go from here
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