Upgrade the virtual appliance

Use the following tasks to upgrade the virtual appliance.

Start the Appliance Dashboard, and verify the status of the following entries.

• Cluster Manager Server and Security Identity Manager Server must be started.
• Identity data store and Directory Server status must be started.
• ISIM application must be up and running.
• With the Notifications widget, ensure that there are no pending notifications. For clustered environments, all member nodes must be available and in a synchronized state.

• If Identity External User Registry, Single Sign-On and other features are configured, then ensure that it is in a working configuration.

Direct upgrades from IBM Security Identity Manager, Version 7.0.0 to the latest version of IBM Security Identity Manager is not supported. We must first upgrade from IBM Security Identity Manager, Version 7.0.0 to IBM Security Identity Manager, Version 7.0.1. Then, upgrade from IBM Security Identity Manager, Version 7.0.1 to the latest version of IBM Security Identity Manager.

• Upgrading ISIM virtual appliance from a USB device
  Install the firmware update to upgrade ISIM virtual appliance.
• Upgrading ISIM virtual appliance with firmware update transfer utility
  The IBM Security Identity Manager virtual appliance allows only firmware updates by USB device. Starting at firmware release 7.0.0.2 (7.0.0-ISS-SIM-FP0002), firmware (.pkg) files can be transferred with the attached Java™ utility. A USB device is no longer required to update the virtual appliance.

Parent topic: Install