Installation and Upgrade Guides › SiteMinder Upgrade Guide › Upgrading from r12.x › How to Migrate from r12.0 SP1 › Upgrade an r12.0 SP1 Policy Server › Before You Upgrade
Before You Upgrade
Before you upgrade a Policy Server, consider the following:
- You upgrade the Policy Server using the installation media on the Technical Support site.
Note: For a list of installation media names based on operating system, see the installation and upgrade considerations in the Policy Server Release Notes.
- If a 5.1 Sun ONE directory server and a Policy Server are installed on the same Windows 2003 system, upgrade the LDAP SDK to 5.0.8 dated July 17, 2002 or later. Failing to upgrade the LDAP SDK results in Policy Server instability.
Note: Upgrade the LDAP SDK, regardless of the use of the Sun ONE directory server.
- Remove the Policy Server from the environment. Removing the Policy Server prevents Web Agents from contacting the Policy Server during the upgrade.
- Shut down all instances of the Policy Server Management Console.
- (UNIX) Depending on your permissions, you may need to add executable permissions to the installation media by running the following command:
chmod +x installation_media
- (UNIX) If you execute the Policy Server across different subnets, it can crash. Run the Policy Server installer directly on the host system.
- (UNIX) Upgrade the Policy Server using an account with at least the same permissions as the user who installed the Policy Server. For example, if a root user installed the Policy Server, upgrade the Policy Sever using a root user.
- Install the documentation. The SiteMinder documentation is not installed with the Policy Server. We recommend that you install the documentation before you upgrade the Policy Server.
