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How to Upgrade from r12.0 SP1

Before you start upgrading we recommend that you review the steps that you need to complete to upgrade your existing CA Access Control r12.0 SP1 deployment:

1. Upgrade CA Access Control Enterprise Management.
   1. Uninstall CA Access Control Enterprise Management r12.0 SP1, JBoss and JDK
   2. Install JDK 1.5.0 and JBoss 4.2.3 using the Prerequisite Installer
   3. Install CA Access Control Enterprise Management
2. Encrypt the existing passwords in AES.

   In CA Access Control Enterprise Management r12.5 SP1, the encryption method was changed from RC2 to AES.

3. Upgrade the DMS computer.

   Note: You do not need to complete this step if the DMS is installed on the same computer as CA Access Control Enterprise Management.

4. Upgrade the DH computer.

   Note: You must upgrade every DH in your enterprise. You do not need to complete this step if the DH is installed on the same computer as the CA Access Control Enterprise Management.

5. Define Message Queue (MQ) route settings.
6. Migrate the Report Server to Enterprise Reporting Services.
7. Subscribe the DH with the new DMS.
8. (Optional) Install CA Access Control on endpoints.