After upgrading to a new version of the server or receiving
notice of available agent upgrades, you can upgrade your agents from the
Deployment Automation
user interface. The agents must be online to be upgraded.
To upgrade your agents:
- Navigate to Management > Resources.
- Select the Agents tab.
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If any agents are noted as eligible for upgrade in the
Upgrade Status column, review any important
messages indicated by the messages icon (
)
before proceeding. Upgrade status will appear only if data collection is
enabled for your implementation. See
Data Collection and Check for Update.
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To upgrade your agents:
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Select one or more agents in the list using the check boxes at
the left of the agent names and then click the
Upgrade Selected Agents button in the
upper right. If you want to upgrade a single agent, you can click the
Upgrade button beside the agent that you
want to upgrade.
Note: If the agent is not eligible for upgrade through the user interface, neither the check box nor the Upgrade button will appear.
- To confirm that you want to upgrade, click Yes.
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Select one or more agents in the list using the check boxes at
the left of the agent names and then click the
Upgrade Selected Agents button in the
upper right. If you want to upgrade a single agent, you can click the
Upgrade button beside the agent that you
want to upgrade.
All existing agents using Java 6 and greater will be upgraded by
the server.
Note:
- Deployment Automation version 4.5 and later agents use Java 6 and later. Any agents using Java 6 or above can be upgraded and do not have to be uninstalled.
- Any 4.0.1 and prior agent using Java 5 cannot be upgraded. Most of the new functionality will not work with these agents. You must uninstall the agents using Java 5 before installing the Java 6 and later agents.