If you are on Access Manager 4.5.x, you first need to migrate to 5.0 Service Pack 1 and then upgrade to 5.0.2 or later.
For more information about migration, see Section 6.0, Migrating Access Manager Appliance.
Prerequisites: See Section 4.0, Prerequisites for Upgrading or Migrating Access Manager Appliance.
IMPORTANT:If you have customized the tomcat.conf file or the server.xml file, back up these files before upgrading. These files are overwritten during the upgrade process.
If you are on 5.0 Service Pack 1 and need to upgrade to 5.0 Service Pack 2 or later, perform the following steps:
Log in as the root user.
Download the tar.gz(AM_50X_AccessManagerAppliance.tar.gz) file of Access Manager Appliance from Software Licenses and Downloads and extract the tar.gz file using the following command:
tar -xzvf <filename>
NOTE:For information about the name of the file, see the specific Release Notes on theAccess Manager Appliance Documentation website.
Change to the directory where you extracted the file, then run the following command:
./sb_upgrade.sh
The system displays the following confirmation message:
Would you like to continue this upgrade (y/n)? [y]:
Type Y to continue with the upgrade, and press Enter.
Enter the Access Manager Administration Console user ID. For example, admin
Enter the Access Manager Administration Console password.
Re-enter the password for verification.
The system displays the following confirmation message:
Do you want to back up the configuration before the upgrade (y/n)?
Type Y and press Enter.
The system displays the following message when the upgrade is complete:
Upgrade completed successfully.
NOTE:If you have customized the Java settings in the /opt/novell/nam/idp/conf/tomcat.conf file, then copy the customized settings to the new file using Advanced File Configurator. See Modifying Configurations in the NetIQ Access Manager Appliance 5.0 Administration Guide.