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Before You Upgrade

Consider the following before you upgrade a Policy Server:

• You upgrade the Policy Server using the installation media on the Technical Support site.

  Note: For a list of installation media names, see the Policy Server Release Notes.

• (Linux) Be sure that the required Linux libraries are installed to the Policy Server host system. For more information, see Required Linux Libraries.
• 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 being upgraded from your 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
  

  installation_media

  Specifies the Policy Server installation executable.

• (UNIX) If you execute the Policy Server installer across different subnets, it can crash. Run the installer directly on the Policy Server host system.
• 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.

Note: The r6.0 SP6 and r12.0 SP2 bookshelves are available on the Technical Support site. Although installation kits do exist for these versions, installing the documentation is not required. You can view and download these bookshelves from the Technical Support site.

More information:

Locate the Installation Media

Installation Media Names

SiteMinder Documentation

Required Linux Libraries

Certain library files are required for components operating on Linux operating environments. Failure to install the correct libraries can cause the following error:

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError 

If you are installing, configuring, or upgrading a Linux version of this component, the following libraries are required on the host system:

Red Hat 5.x

compat–gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-patch_version.I386

Red Hat 6.x (32-bit)

libstdc++-4.4.6-3.el6.i686.rpm

To have the appropriate 32-bit C run–time library for your operating environment, install the previous rpm.

Red Hat 6.x (64-bit)

libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.i686.rpm

libxcb-1.5-1.el6.i686.rpm

libstdc++-4.4.6-4.el6.i686.rpm

compat-db42-4.2.52-15.el6.i686.rpm

compat-db43-4.3.29-15.el6.i686.rpm

libX11-1.3-2.el6.i686.rpm

libXrender-0.9.5-1.el6.i686.rpm

libexpat.so.1 (provided by expat-2.0.1-11.el6_2.i686.rpm)

libfreetype.so.6 (provided by freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_2.9.i686.rpm)

libfontconfig.so.1 (provided by fontconfig-2.8.0-3.el6.i686.rpm)

libICE-1.0.6-1.el6.i686.rpm

libuuid-2.17.2-12.7.el6.i686.rpm

libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686.rpm

libXext-1.1-3.el6.i686.rpm

compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686.rpm

compat-db-4.6.21-15.el6.i686.rpm

libXi-1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm

libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.el6.i686.rpm

libXft-2.1.13-4.1.el6.i686.rpm

libXt-1.0.7-1.el6.i686.rpm

libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.i686.rpm