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Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide

Sun Management Center 2.1.1 to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 Upgrade

In this example, the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 server, agent, and console are installed on three machines as follows:

The following procedure summarizes the steps required to upgrade the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 installation to Sun Management Center 3.6 on all three machines.

ProcedureTo Upgrade From Sun Management Center 2.1.1 to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2

Steps

  1. Make sure each machine is a supported platform.

    See Supported Platforms.

  2. Make sure each machine has the required resources.

    See Preinstallation Checklist.

  3. Determine whether you will install Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 from the CDs or from a CD image.

    See Determining the Installation Source.

  4. Upgrade the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 server on Machine B.

    1. Make sure each machine has the required resources.

      See Preinstallation Checklist.

    2. Download the migration utility from http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.

    3. Run the migration utility and upgrade from Sun Management Center 2.1.1 to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2.

      See Upgrading From Sun Management Center 2.1 or 2.1.1.

    During the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 installation stage of the upgrade process:

    • Select the production environment.

    • Select the server layer only. The agent is automatically installed.

    • Choose whether to migrate the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data.

      • Select migrate data to save your Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data and use the data in Sun Management Center 3.6.

      • Select discard data if you do not want to save your Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data.

    During the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 setup stage of the upgrade process:

    • Provide a password to generate the security key.

      The password must be the same for all Sun Management Center machines.

    • Provide an SNMPv1 security string.

      The security string must be the same for all Sun Management Center machines.

    • If you chose to migrate the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2, choose whether to restore the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data.

    When server setup is finished, you are given the option to start the Sun Management Center components. Start all components.

  5. Upgrade the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 agent on machine C.

    Install the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 agent on machine C as described in Installing Sun Management Center.

    During agent installation:

    • Select Migrate Data if you want to save your the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 agent data and use the data in Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2.

    • Select the production environment.

    • Select the agent layer only

    When the agent installation is finished, you are given the option to run setup. Run setup.

  6. Set up the agent on machine C.

    During agent setup:

    • Provide the same security key password that you provided in Step 4.

    • Provide the same SNMPv1 community string that you provided in Step 4.

    • Provide the name of the Sun Management Center server machine.

    • If you chose to migrate the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 agent data to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2, choose whether to restore the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 data.

    Note –

    If you provide a different password for security seed generation on the server than you provided forSun Management Center 3.0 , then you must use the new password to generate the same security seed when setting up the agents. If you do not upgrade a Sun Management Center 3.0 agent to Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2, you must regenerate the security key for the Sun Management Center 3.0 agent machine as described in Regenerating Security Keys.

    When agent setup is finished, you are given the option to start the Sun Management Center agent. Start the agent.

  7. Install the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 console on machine A.

    1. Uninstall the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 console as described in the Sun Management Center 2.1.1 Installation Guide.

    2. Install and set up the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 2 console as described in Installing Sun Management Center.

    When console setup is finished, start the console by typing the command /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -c.