Upgrading RSA Authentification Manager Appliance

[MohamedChakrou1]

Hi everybody, 

We 're using a RSA Authentication Manager appliance 8.1 SP1 which turn on SUSE 11 SP3 GNU/Linux server. This is an Virtual Machine (OVA file).

We would like to upgrade it to 8.2 => then 8.2 SP1 => then 8.3.

I ask a question, does the operating system (SUZE 11 SP3) is updated at the same time as the RSA Authentification Manager ?

Currently, the last version of SUSE operating system is 12 SP3.

Regards.

[MohamedChakrou1]

I found my answer in the release note :

RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 Release Notes  (page 5)

Appliance Operating System Upgrade

RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 upgrades the hardware appliance and the virtual appliance operating system to an RSA-hardened SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 Service Pack 4

I have other questions:

Patch 8.1.0 & 8.1.1 are they included in 8.1 SP1 ?

Must I to upgrade directly to 8.2 Patch 5 from 8.1 SP1 or must I upgrade step by step (apply 8.2 patch 2 then apply 8.2 patch 3 etc...) ?  

[EricaChalfin]

Mohamed Chakroun‌,

8.1.1 and 8.1  SP1 are the same thing.

The upgrade path would be to install Authentication Manager 8.1 on your primary then on any replicas.  Then install Authentication Manager 8.1 SP1, again on the primary first then replicas. 

Following the pattern of primary first then replica(s), install Authentication Manager 8.2 followed by Authentication Manager 8.2 SP1.  Complete the upgrade by installing Authentication Manager 8.3.   Authentication Manager 8.3 patch 1 is also out, so you may want to get that  too.

For more information on getting the files you need, please take a look at 000034558 - How to download RSA Authentication Manager 8.x full kits and service packs from RSA Link.

Regards,

Erica