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Prepare to Upgrade

This section describes the tasks to be performed before starting the CA Strong Authentication upgrade.

Follow these steps:

1. Download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package available at the following location:

   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328

2. If application server connection pooling is used in your existing CA Strong Authentication deployment, perform the following steps to update the database details in the securestore.enc file:
   1. Open the Command Prompt window.
   2. Change the working directory to the following location where DBUtil is available:

      %ARCOT_HOME%\tools\win
      

   3. Run the following command for the primary database:

      DBUtil -pi <DB_username> <DB_password>
      

3. If you configure the database communication to use SSL, perform the following steps to update the database details in the securestore.enc file:
   1. Open the Command Prompt Window.
   2. Change the working directory to the following location where DBUtil is available:

      %ARCOT_HOME%\tools\win
      

   3. If the database is enabled for SSL communication, then set the truststore password in the following way:

       DBUtil -pi TrustStorePath.1 <truststore-password>