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Upgrade the Warehouse Proxy Agent and Summarization and Pruning Agent using remote deploy

You can upgrade the Warehouse Proxy Agent or the Summarization and Pruning Agent by remotely deploying bundles containing the installation image and other prerequisites.


To upgrade the Warehouse Proxy Agent and Summarization and Pruning Agent using remote deploy:

  1. For remote management of monitoring agents in general, install the appropriate OS monitoring agent. For instance, to remotely upgrade a Warehouse Proxy Agent or Summarization and Pruning Agent on Linux, install the monitoring agent for Linux OS on the same server. To remotely upgrade a Warehouse Proxy Agent or Summarization and Pruning Agent on Windows, install the monitoring agent for Windows on the same server.

  2. Populate the DEPOT with the latest version of the Warehouse Proxy Agent or the Summarization and Pruning Agent. The DEPOT must be located where a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server is installed.

    The CD image contains a directory called deploy where the Warehouse Proxy Agent bundle and the Summarization and Pruning Agent bundle are located. From this directory you can run the following commands:

    Warehouse Proxy Agent command-line example:

    Summarization and Pruning Agent command-line example:

    You can also use the install command install.sh to populate the depot with the latest version of the Warehouse Proxy Agent or the Summarization and Pruning Agent.

  3. Connect to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server using the tacmd command: 

      tacmd login –s <TEMS hostname> -u <userid> -p <pw>

  4. Run the update command to update to the latest version.

    Warehouse Proxy Agent:

    Summarization and Pruning Agent:


Results

The Warehouse Proxy Agent or the Summarization and Pruning Agent should now be updated but not restarted. A new version should appear in the topology workspace, the manage system status, manage monitoring services, and in the trace file.

You should now restart the Warehouse Proxy Agent or the Summarization and Pruning Agent, and check that the configuration has not been modified. The agents should start successfully.


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