Using Agent-Update to Upgrade Agents to Sun Management Center 3.6.1

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.

To Upgrade Agents to Sun Management Center 3.6.1 Using Agent-Update

Steps

1. 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.

2. Create an agent-update image as described in To Create an Agent-Update Image Using es-gui-imagetool.

3. 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.