To Upgrade Multiple Access Manager 7.1 Server Instances With Directory Server Configured For MMR

Before You Begin

Follow the instructions in OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Preliminary Upgrade Steps and Collecting Data Required for Upgrade to complete the preliminary steps.

1. Back up the Access Manager 7.1 files as described in Backing Up Existing Access Manager or Federation Manager Files.

2. Upgrade the first Access Manager 7.1 instance using the following sub procedure.

   1. Disable the Access Manager 7.1 instance in the load balancer.

      Requests will no longer be routed to this instance.

   2. Upgrade the first Access Manager instance as described in Upgrading to OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0.

   3. Enable the upgraded OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 instance in the load balancer.

      Requests will once again be routed to this instance.

3. Follow the same procedure for all other Access Manager 7.1 instances in the deployment sequentially:

4. Upgrade the Directory Server schema as described in Upgrading the Existing Access Manager or Federation Manager Schema.

   Requests will now be routed through the load balancer to all upgraded OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 instances in the deployment using the upgraded schema in Directory Server.