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Options for Upgrading a Policy Store

Two paths exist for upgrading an r6.x policy store to r12.0 SP2. You can:

• Upgrade the existing policy and key store to r12.0 SP2.
• Create anr12.0 SP2 policy and key store and import the existing policy and key store data into the new instance.

This guide details the steps for upgrading an existing policy and key store.

If you want to create an r12.0 SP2 policy and key store:

1. Export the policy and key store data using the correct version of smobjexport.

   Note: For more information about the r6.x version of smobjimport, see the Policy Server Installation Guide for r6.x.

2. Create an r12.0 SP2 policy and key store.

   Note: For more information about creating an r12.0 SP2 policy and key store, see the Policy Server Installation Guide.

3. Import the policy and key store data into the r12.0 SP2 policy and key store using the r12.0 SP2 version of smobjimport.

   Note: For more information about the r12.0 SP2 version of smobjimport, see the Policy Server Administration Guide.