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Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Installation Guide

Upgrading Remote Agents and Local Distributors

The N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 provides an automatic upgrade utility that allows you to upgrade Remote Agents and Local Distributors by using the browser interface to the Master Server.

ProcedureHow to Upgrade Remote Agents and Local Distributors

Before You Begin

Migrate the Master Server before upgrading Remote Agents and Local Distributors.

Steps

  1. Log in to the browser interface of the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Master Server.

  2. Click Hosts.

  3. Click masterserver.

  4. Click the Update Entire N1 SPS network... button.

    A window opens and displays a list of hosts that are being upgraded. The progress of the upgrade is also displayed. When the process completes, the window displays the following message.


    Host Update not yet complete.

  5. Click the Close button.

  6. To complete the second phase of the upgrade, click the Update Entire N1 SPS network... button again.

    A window displays a list of hosts that are being upgraded. The progress of the upgrade is also displayed. When the process completes, the status for each of the hosts displays as Updated.

  7. Click the Close button.

    The upgrade is complete.

  8. Prepare the Hosts that you upgraded.

    Before you can run a Plan on a Host that you upgraded, you must Prepare the Host. To Prepare Hosts, follow the instructions in How to Prepare a Physical Host in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide .