Upgrading The Access Gateway Software; Exporting And Importing An Access Gateway Configuration - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - ACCESS GATEWAY GUIDE 2010 Manual

2.4.2 Upgrading the Access Gateway Software

In the Administration Console, you can upgrade the software currently running on the Access
Gateway Appliance to a newer version without losing configuration information. In addition, down
time is limited to the time it takes to copy the new software to the Access Gateway and restart it. The
Access Gateway Service cannot currently be upgraded from the Administration Console. For
upgrade information for the Access Gateway Service, see
in the Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP2 Installation
To upgrade the Access Gateway Appliance from the Administration Console:
1 Click Devices > Access Gateways > [Name of an Access Gateway Appliance] > Upgrade.
2 Specify the location of the upgrade script in the Upgrade URL text box. The URL must begin
with a scheme and end with the filename. For example:
http://updates.company.com/lag/linux/lagrpms.tar.gz
3 Select one of the following actions:
Upgrade Now: Sends the command to upgrade the Access Gateway to the version specified in
the Upgrade URL.
Schedule Upgrade: Allows you to specify the date and time when the upgrade occurs. For
more information, see
View Upgrade Log: Allows you to view the latest upgrade log. Follow the prompts on your
browser to view the log or download it.
For more information about this process and for information about other methods for upgrading the
Access Gateway Appliance, see
Access Manager 3.1 SP2 Installation
2.4.3 Exporting and Importing an Access Gateway
Configuration
You can export an existing Access Gateway configuration as well as its dependent policies, and then
import this configuration to a new machine. This feature is especially useful for deployments that set
up configurations in a staging environment, test and validate the configuration, then want to deploy
the configuration on new hardware that exists in the production environment.
IMPORTANT: The export feature is not a backup tool. The export feature is designed to handle
configuration information applicable to all members of a cluster, and network IP addresses and DNS
names are filtered out during the import. (The server-specific information that is filtered out is the
information you set specifically for each member in a cluster.) If you want a copy of all
configuration information, including server-specific information, you need to perform a backup. See
"Backing Up and Restoring" in the
The export feature is not an upgrade tool. You cannot export a configuration from one version of
Access Manager and import it into a newer version of Access Manager.
If your Access Gateway is not a member of a cluster and you have configured it to use multiple IP
addresses, be aware that the export feature filters out multiple IP addresses and uses only eth0. You
need to use the backup utility to save this type of information. If you need to reinstall the machine,
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