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Upgrading from CA Access Control r8.0SP1

The purpose of this scenario is to describe the steps that you follow to upgrade from CA Access Control r8.0SP1. The upgrade process in the chapter assumes that you installed CA Access Control r8.0SP1 components on separate computers.

The information in this section is intended for system or CA Access Control administrators that are tasked with managing CA Access Control.

The following diagram illustrates the steps to complete to upgrade from CA Access Control r8.0SP1:

Important!

• Back up all CA Access Control components before you start the upgrade process.
• Customize the software package to specify the 'eTrustAccessControl' path. The r8 SP1 package had eTrust in the product name and was therefore installed into the eTrustAccessControl subdirectory. Newer versions install into the AccessControl subdirectory.

You upgrade your existing CA Access Control r8.0SP1 deployment by following these steps:

1. Prepare the Enterprise Management Server.

   Before you install the Enterprise Management Server, prepare the computer by installing and configuring the prerequisites.

2. Install CA Access Control Enterprise Management.
3. Upgrade from Policy Model environment to an advanced policy management environment.
4. Upgrade the CA Access Control endpoins:
   • Windows—Install using Product Explorer
   • UNIX—Install Using install_base script

   Note: The installation also upgrades the password PMD.

5. (Optional) Migrate (iRecorder product) to CA User Activity Reporting Module.

Note: You cannot upgrade the Policy Manager. Use CA Access Control Endpoint Management to manage policies on the endpoints.