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Run the Post-Upgrade Content

The post-upgrade content enables you to upgrade the active agents in the AgentDetails dataset to the CA Process Automation 4.2 SP2 release. The steps involved in upgrading the active agents to the CA Process Automation 4.2 SP 2 release are as follows:

1. Upgrade the agents to the CA Process Automation 4.2 Service Pack 2 release
2. View the output of content execution

Upgrade the Agents to the 4.2 Service Pack 2 Release

When you run the post-upgrade content, the active agents in the AgentDetails dataset are upgraded to the 4.2 SP 2 release.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to CA Process Automation 4.2 Service Pack 2 version and navigate to the Library tab.
2. Navigate to the folder where the content is imported.
3. Start the SRF Upgrade Agents from the Operations tab.
4. Enter the following information in the Upgrade Agents form:

   Certificate Password

   Enter the certificate password for the domain orchestrator.

   Note: The entered password displays in plain text.

   Username and password

   Enter the username and password for each orchestrator node in the cluster setup.

   Important: The Operating system account credentials (username and password) are assumed to be same across the nodes.

5. Click Finish.

   The content runs for both Windows and non-windows agents. The 'Select Agents to Upgrade' task displays with the Pending status in the Group Tasks tab of the Tasks pane.

6. Right-click the 'Select Agents to Upgrade' task and select Reply. The 'Select Agents to Upgrade' task displays the list of non-upgraded agents.
7. Select the agents that use the same user name and password to access their host machines from the 'Select Agents to Upgrade' task, then click Finish.

   The status of the 'Select Agents to Upgrade' task changes to Completed. The 'Results for Upgrade Agents' task can take more time to populate in the Tasks > Group Tasks pane, based on the number of agents that are selected.

   The resultant task displays a success message for successful upgrade. However, agents can fail to upgrade for many reasons and you can decide to resolve the problems associated with the agents and rerun the SRF Upgrade Agents as follows:

   1. Follow steps 2 through 6.
   2. Verify the output after content execution.

      Until all agents are upgraded, you can rerun the content for the agents that fail to upgrade. The details of the agents that fail to upgrade are saved in the Failed Agent List dataset.