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Upgrade and Migration Paths for Federation Manager

An upgrade is an update to a new version of Federation Manager on a system running an existing 12.x version of Federation Manager. An upgrade requires that the existing system be running an operating system, a database, and a JDK that the new version of Federation Manager supports.

A migration is a replicated configuration from an existing system to a system with a new r12.5 installation. The new Federation Manager system must be communicating with a supported database version.

Notes:

• Your migration to a r12.5 environment must include a supported database. If your environment is using a database that is not supported by r12.5, install a supported database server and move over your data to the new database. Finally, migrate to r12.5.
• If you upgrade to r12.5 and the Federation Manager Agent for Windows Authentication is installed, upgrade the Agent to the same version as Federation Manager. Otherwise, the Agent fails to work properly.

For specific version information, see the Federation Manager Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.

You can upgrade or migrate to r12.5 based on these available paths:

Windows

Solaris/Linux

FIPS Migration

Federation Manager supports migration from a non-FIPS to a FIPS-only environment; however, the migration process is complex. If you want to migrate from a non-FIPS to a FIPS-only environment, first complete the upgrade to r12.5. After a successful upgrade, follow the FIPS migration process.