Upgrading

You can upgrade a previous installation of BMC Atrium Single Sign-On by using the installer provided with BMC Atrium Single Sign-On. This procedure for upgrading BMC Atrium Single Sign-On is the same for both Microsoft Windows and UNIX.

To upgrade BMC Atrium Single Sign-On

1. On the target computer, start the BMC Atrium Single Sign-On installation utility.
2. Review the license agreement, click I agree to the terms of license agreement, and then click Next.
   BMC Atrium Single Sign-On installer
3. Select the Upgrade BMC Atrium Single Sign-On <version number> to 9.0.00 option (where <version number> is the current BMC Atrium Single Sign-On version installed in your environment) and click Next.
4. Select the Destination Directory for upgrade.
5. Type the password for existing amadmin user for BMC Atrium Single Sign-On Admin Console.
6. When the upgrade is completed, review the summary information.
7. To view the upgrade logs, click View Log.
8. To close the dialog, click Done.

To upgrade BMC Atrium Single Sign-On in silent mode

BMC Atrium Single Sign-On can be upgraded to version 9.0 in silent mode with the same parameters as for silent installation. For more information, see Installing silently.

Upgrading HA nodes

The HA upgrade process is to update each node in the cluster individually by running the installation program and allowing it to perform an update of the installed software. This process of installing HA clusters is documented in Installing BMC Atrium Single Sign-On as a High Availability cluster. The overall process is similar to a new cluster installation in that a cluster configuration file is created when you upgrade the first node. This cluster configuration file is used when you upgrade the subsequent nodes. Essentially, the first upgraded node creates a new cluster and then each subsequent node that is upgraded is added to the new cluster.

To upgrade HA nodes

1. Ensure that the cluster is not being used.
2. Run the installation program, autorun on the first node.
   1. Provide the administrator password.
   2. Select First node of cluster upgrade and click Next

   3. Provide the location and file name for where you want the cluster configuration information saved and click Next.
      This cluster configuration file is needed when subsequent nodes are added to the cluster.

      Important

      This file contains sensitive information.

3. Copy the cluster configuration file to the computer that hosts the subsequent node.
4. Run the installation program, autorun on the subsequent node.
   1. Provide the administrator password.
   2. Select the Additional node of cluster upgrade option and click Next.
   3. Provide the location of the cluster configuration file (created during the first node upgrade).
5. For additional nodes, repeat steps 3 and 4.
6. (Optional) Add new nodes to the cluster by running the installation program on a computer which does not already contain a node. For more information about adding new nodes to the cluster, see Installing additional nodes for an HA cluster.