14.4 Upgrading Components

14.4.1 Upgrading Policy Editor

The process of upgrading and installing the Policy Editor is the same. For more information, see Installing Policy Editor.

14.4.2 Upgrading Change Guardian Agent for Windows

You can upgrade Change Guardian Agent for Windows manually or by using Agent Manager. You can also roll back an update.

NOTE:Ensure that the system on which Change Guardian for Windows is running has the latest patch of Microsoft Windows running.

NOTE:The procedure for upgrading the Change Guardian Agent for Windows manually is the same as the procedure for installing them, except that you do not need to repeat the process of adding assets to Agent Manager. Do not rename the default .msi installer package. For more information, see Manual Installation.

To upgrade using Agent Manager:

  1. From assets list, select the agent you want to upgrade.

    You can select multiple assets if Agent Manager uses the same credentials to connect to them.

  2. (Conditional) Provide login credentials to connect to the assets and click Next.

    The account must be a local administrator account or a domain account in the Local Administrators group of the asset.

  3. Click Manage Installation > Upgrade Agents.

  4. Select the version of the agent you want to upgrade.

  5. Click Start Upgrade.

14.4.3 Upgrading Change Guardian Agent for UNIX

You can upgrade Change Guardian Agent for UNIX by using Agent Manager.

To upgrade Change Guardian Agent for UNIX:

  1. From the assets list, select the asset where you want to upgrade the agent.

    If you select multiple computers, you must use the same credentials in all computers.

  2. Click Manage Installation > Upgrade Agents.

  3. Select the version of the agent you want to upgrade.

  4. Click Start Upgrade.

14.4.4 Upgrading Change Guardian Event Collector Add-on

NOTE:The upgrade to the newer version of Change Guardian Event Collector Add-on for Windows is currently not supported. To upgrade, uninstall the current version and install a newer version of the collector.

To upgrade Change Guardian Event Collector Add-on for Windows:

  1. Open the directory where the existing collector add-on is located and run the installer to uninstall the collector.

  2. Install the latest version of Change Guardian event collector. To see the detailed procedure of installation, see Installing Change Guardian Event Collector Add-on for Windows.