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Administrative UI Upgrade Options

This release introduces a simplified Administrative UI installation that includes an embedded object store and an embedded SOA Security Manager Administrative UI service (JBoss). If you are migrating to r12.1 SP3, two options exist for upgrading the Administrative UI:

• You can upgrade an r12.1 Administrative UI to r12.1 SP3. If you upgrade the Administrative UI, you can continue to use:
  • The existing external object store.
  • The existing external administrator user store.
  • The existing Policy Server connections.
  • The existing URL to access the Administrative UI.

  Note: For more information about upgrading an Administrative UI, see How to Migrate from r12.1.

• You can uninstall the existing Administrative UI and use the stand–alone installation option to install an r12.1 SP3 Administrative UI. If you install an r12.1 SP3 Administrative UI, you use:
  • The embedded object store, instead of the external object store. The r12.1 SP3 Administrative UI does not require an external object store.
  • The embedded application server, instead of the existing application server infrastructure.
  • The Administrative Authentication wizard to configure a connection to the existing external administrator user store.
  • The new URL to access the Administrative UI. The r12.1 SP3 URL is //host:port/iam/siteminder/adminui.

  Note: For more information about uninstalling an r12.1 SP2 Administrative UI, see the respective version of the Policy Server Installation Guide. For more information about installing the Administrative UI, see the Policy Server Installation Guide. For more information about configuring a connection to an external administrator user store, see the Policy Server Configuration Guide.