The following topics provide information about the tasks that you might need to perform before and after the upgrade of IDMCAdministrator. Post-upgrade tasks for previous monthly releases are also included in case you haven't performed these tasks after the previous upgrade.
Preparing for the upgrade
Perform the following tasks to prepare for upgrade to the latest release.
Disk space requirements and file preparation
The Secure Agent upgrades the first time that you access the system after the upgrade.
Files that you added to the following directory are preserved after the upgrade:
After a major release upgrade, the old and new versions of the services might continue to run concurrently for up to 24 hours. Ensure that the Secure Agent machine has sufficient free memory to avoid memory depletion during this period.
Perform the following steps to ensure that the Secure Agent is ready for the upgrade:
1Ensure that each Secure Agent machine has sufficient disk space and memory available for upgrade.
The machine must have sufficient available memory to run two Secure Agents simulatenously.
The machine must have at least 5 GB free space or the amount of disk space calculated using the following formula, whichever is greater:
Minimum required free space = 3 * (size of current Secure Agent installation directory - space used for logs directory)
2Close all applications and open files to avoid file lock issues, for example: