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Upgrade to Federation Manager r12.1 SP3 on UNIX

If you are running Federation Manager on a UNIX system, you can upgrade directly to Federation Manager r12.1 SP3.

Note: You do not need to deactivate your partnerships before upgrading.

Upgrade Federation Manager by running the r12.1 SP3 Federation Manager installer executable. The upgrade preserves your previous Federation Manager configuration.

These instructions are for GUI and Console Mode installations on UNIX systems. The steps for the two modes are the same, with the following exceptions for Console Mode:

Important! Be aware of the following installation restrictions:

Run the r12.1 SP3 Federation Manager installer to upgrade Federation Manager. The installer is:

Solaris

ca-fedmgr-12.1-sp3-sol.bin

The installer is located on the Technical Support site.

Important! Do not run the upgrade as the root user. If you try to install as root, the installation aborts and you receive an error message. Instead, create a new user account to install Federation Manager.

To locate installation kits on the Support site

  1. Log onto CA SupportOnline.
  2. Click Download Center.
  3. Search the Download Center for the installation kit you need.

To upgrade Federation Manager

  1. Exit all applications that are running.
  2. If necessary, add execcutable permissions to the installation file by running the chmod command, for example:

    chmod +x ca-fedmgr-12.1-sp3-sol.bin

  3. Navigate to the folder where you plan to run the installation program.
  4. Copy the installation binary to the folder.
  5. Enter one of the following commands in a command window:

    Example (GUI mode): ./ca-fedmgr-12.1-sp3-sol.bin

    The installation wizard starts.

  6. Go through the installation.
  7. Review the installation settings and click Install (GUI mode) or enter Y to install (Console mode).

    The Federation Manager installation program runs.

  8. After the installation is complete, restart the Federation Manager services, as follows:
    1. Open a command window.
    2. Run the following scripts:

      federation_mgr_home/fedmanager.sh stop

      federation_mgr_home/fedmanager.sh start

      When you run the fedmanager.sh script, it sources the Federation Manager environment script, ca_federation_env.ksh.

      Note: Do not stop and start the services as the root user. You must be a non-root user.

  9. Run the Configuration wizard after Federation Manager is restarted.

Actions to Take if an Upgrade Error Occurs

In case of DB Upgrade failure, Federation Manager displays an error message that instructs you to run the policy_store_upgrade script. The upgrade script (policy_store_upgrade.sh) is located in federation_mgr_home/install_config_info.

If you experience other problems during the installation, review the installation log file CA_Federation_Manager_InstallLog.log and the upgrade log file CA_Federation_policy_store_upgrade.log. Both files are the directory federation_mgr_home/install_config_info.