Installation guide

Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Settings > General Settings > VCM Remote.
3. Select the Will Remote automatically upgrade old Remote clients? setting.
4. Click Edit Setting and select Yes.
When this setting is enabled, the next contact between the client and server automatically downloads
and installs the upgrade files and upgrades the VCM Remote client software on the client machine.
If the VCM Remote client does not have a certificate, the upgrade process automatically extracts the
certificate and sends it to the client, along with the new Agent.
5. Click Next and Finish.
What to do next
Upgrade your VCM UNIXAgents. See "Upgrade Existing UNIX Agents" below.
Red Hat Server and Workstation Licensing
When you upgrade the UNIX Agent on Red Hat machines, be aware of the licensing changes between
VCM versions. In VCM 5.7, physical and virtual machines are licensed as servers or workstations.
Upgrade Existing UNIX Agents
Use the UNIXAgent upgrade packages to update the VCM Agents on your UNIX machines. You can use
a local package or a remote package to upgrade the UNIXAgents.
VCM supports upgrading the UNIX Agent on most Linux and UNIX platforms.Other UNIX platforms are
only supported up to a specific Agent version. For a complete list of UNIXAgents supported on Linux and
UNIX platforms, see "Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines" on
page157.
Prerequisites
n Identify UNIX machines that are not supported for upgrade to the VCM 5.7 Agent. See "Hardware and
Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines" on page157.
n Understand Red Hat server and workstation licensing for different versions of VCM. See "Red Hat
Server and Workstation Licensing" above.
n Understand VCM support for the Transport Layer Security protocol. See the VCM Security Guide.
n If you install the VCM Agent on HP-UX 11.11 platforms, install patch PHSS_30966.
Procedure
n "Upgrade UNIX Agents Using a Local Package" on the next page
Use UNIX remote commands and the local Agent package to upgrade the VCM UNIX Agent on the
UNIX platforms in your environment.
n "Upgrade UNIX Agents Using a Remote Package" on page135
Use VCM remote commands and a remote Agent package to upgrade the VCM UNIX Agent on the
UNIX platforms in your environment.
Upgrading or Migrating VCM
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