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How to Upgrade to Federation Manager r12.5

You can upgrade Federation Manager on Windows and UNIX (Solaris and Linux) systems to r12.5. The existing systems must be running an operating platform and database that supports r12.5.

The following figure shows the upgrade path on a single system.

The following figure shows an upgrade of a clustered environment.

You can set up a Federation Manager cluster to support failover. To upgrade from an existing r12.x cluster to a new cluster, follow a procedure similar to a non-cluster upgrade. Upgrade each system in your existing cluster to r12.5, assuming the current operating platforms support r12.5.

The systems in a cluster share one data store. By running the r12.5 installation program, which detects upgrades, the key and certificate information is automatically moved to the certificate data store (CDS). The CDS is colocated with the main data store.

The process for an upgrade is as follows:

1. Synchronize multiple key databases (only when you are upgrading a cluster)
2. Back up your existing configuration, including data stores and key stores.
3. Upgrade to r12.5 by running the installation program. The installation can detect upgrades.

Each procedure is detailed in the following sections.