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Before You Upgrade from 5.x

To upgrade a SiteMinder deployment with multiple Policy Servers and Web Agents, remove one of the Policy Servers and Web Agents from the SiteMinder environment. While those components are being upgraded, the remaining Policy Servers and Web Agents can continue to protect your resources. Continue removing and upgrading SiteMinder components until you are ready to switch to the r6.0 SP6 Policy Server deployment.

This chapter includes upgrade procedures for the following:

• Policy Server upgrades from SiteMinder 5.x to r6.0 SP6

  In this guide, 5.x is 5.5 SP4 CR latest.

• Web Agent upgrades from SiteMinder 5.x to r6.x QMR6

  In this guide, 5.x is 5.5 QMR8 latest hotfix.

The upgrade documentation references the 5.5 SP4 installation guides and release notes to perform specific tasks. We recommend locating the 5.5 SP4 SiteMinder documentation before beginning.

Important! We recommend reading Planning Migration and Upgrades before following the procedures in this section.