In this example, the systems in the network have Sun Management Center 3.6.1 and Sun Management Center 3.0 installed as follows:
The Sun Management Center 3.6.1 console and agent are installed on machine A.
The Sun Management Center 3.6.1 server and agent is installed on machine B.
The Sun Management Center 3.0 agent is installed on machines C through Z.
The following procedure summarizes the major steps required to upgrade machines C through Z to the Sun Management Center 3.6.1 agent.
Make sure that all Sun Management Center components on the Sun Management Center server machine B are running as described in Starting Components on the Solaris Platform.
Create an agent-update image as described in To Create an Agent-Update Image Using es-gui-imagetool.
Apply the agent-update image to machines C through Z as described in To Install or Update Agents From an Agent-Update Image Using agent-update.bin.
While applying the agent-update image on each machine:
Provide a password to generate the security key.
The password must be the same password you provided when you set up Sun Management Center 3.6.1 server.
Provide an SNMPv1 security string.
The security string must be the same security string you provided when you set up Sun Management Center 3.6.1.