Upgrade the NFA Console

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Upgrade the NFA Console

Distributed deployments use separate servers for the NFA console, Harvesters, and any DSAs in the deployment. Complete the steps in this topic to upgrade the NFA console on a dedicated Windows server or virtual machine.

Follow these steps:

Verify that the server meets the following requirements:
- The server is upgrade-ready as described in Verify That the Windows Servers Are Prepared.
- The Harvester servers have been upgraded.
- If you have a three-tier architecture deployment, the DSA servers have been upgraded.
Log in to the NFA console server as a user who has administrator privileges for the system and for CA Network Flow Analysis.
(Three-tier architecture only) Verify that the DSAs have retrieved all of the 15-minute data from the NFA console server:
1. Locate the following directory on the NFA console server: <install_path>\reporter\datashare\data\<DSA_server_IP_address>
2. Verify that the directory does not contain .csv files. If .csv files are present, wait until the files are gone. Once you stop the pump service, the .csv files should be gone within 15 minutes.
Start the upgrade: Double-click the RAConsoleSetup9.2.0.exe file in Windows Explorer on the NFA console server.
If the server fails the JRE pre-requisite check, an error message opens and you cannot proceed.
Verify that the appropriate language is selected, then click OK.
The Welcome screen opens.
Click Next.
The License Agreement screen opens.
Review and accept the license agreements:
1. Read the NFA console license agreement and scroll down.
2. If you want to continue, click the option to accept the license agreement This option is activated when you scroll to the bottom.
3. Click Next.
  The Third-Party License Agreement screen opens.
4. Read the third-party license agreement and scroll down.
5. If you want to continue, click the option to accept the third-party license agreement. This option is activated when you scroll to the bottom.
6. Click Next.
If the Pre-requisite Check Warning message opens, review the test results:
1. Correct the problems now or wait until the upgrade program finishes. For more information about the warnings, see Troubleshooting.
2. Click OK.
  The Upgrading Existing Installation message opens.
Review the information:
1. Verify that the existing and post-upgrade version information is correct, then click OK.
  The message reopens and reports the root installation path. The upgrade program always uses the original path, which is C:\CA\NFA by default.
2. Review the path information, then click OK.
  The Choose Install Folder screen opens.
(Optional) Click Choose to change the program installation location when prompted or enter a new path manually.
The default location is C:\CA\NFA. Use the same installation path for the Harvester and for NFA console servers. We recommend that you install CA Network Flow Analysis components on a nonsystem drive.

The Pre-Installation Summary screen opens.
Review the information, then click Install.
The Installing NFA screen opens. When the upgrade is complete, the Install Complete screen opens and reports any errors.
(Optional) If errors occurred, see the installation log: <install_path>\NFA_Install_<timestamp>.log.
Exit from the upgrade program:
1. Select one of the restart options:
  - Yes, restart my system: Restart the system as soon as you click Done.
  - No, I will restart my system myself: Defer the restart to be performed manually.
2. Click Done.
  The upgrade program closes. If you selected the option to restart now, the system restarts and the upgrade is finalized.
(Optional) Check the revision history to verify that the software is upgraded to the correct version:
1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Start MySQL by entering the following command:
```
mysql
```
3. Display the revision history by entering the following command:
```
select * from revision_history
```

Next: Complete the post-upgrade tasks.