Performing the Diagnostics Agent for .NET upgrade silently

This topic presents the procedure for the silent (unattended) upgrade of the BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET from version 2.5 or later to the current version.

Note

To upgrade from a version earlier than 2.5, you must first upgrade to version 2.5, and then upgrade to the current version.

You can upgrade Agents using the silent upgrade procedure and deploy the silent upgrade to several computers, or you can upgrade each Agent using the upgrade wizard procedure.

When you run the setup.cmd installation utility on a system with a previous version of the product, the wizard automatically switches to upgrade mode

Before you begin

Download the BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET upgrade and installation files from the Electronic Product Distribution site:

agent-silent-upgrade-option.txt
setup.cmd

You must have administrative privileges for the application server that will be monitored.

To upgrade the BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET

Copy and extract the files to a directory on the target computer so that the agent-silent-upgrade-option.txt file is in the same folder as setup.cmd.
Run the following command: setup.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=agent-silent-upgrade-option.txt
The utility installs the current version with the same values as the earlier installation.

Behavior of Agent and Agent policy after upgrade

Upgrading BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET does not change the Agent policy files. Agent policy files are upgraded with BMC Application Diagnostics Server and 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 BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for .NET is successful and that the Agent to sending data.