Upgrading the Automation Plan Engine
To upgrade the Automation Plan Engine, you run a Task from your IBM® BigFix console. There are two upgrade scenarios described here. Use the first procedure if you upgraded your version of IBM BigFix from V8.2 to V9.2 and want to upgrade the Automation Plan Engine. Use the second scenario if you upgraded IBM BigFix V9.1 to V9.2 and want to upgrade the Automation Plan Engine. The procedure is the same for Microsoft Windows and Linux upgrades, except where identified as platform specific.
Upgrading from IBM BigFix V8.2
If you previously had Server Automation running on IBM BigFix V8.2 and upgraded your IBM BigFix system to V9.2, complete the following steps to upgrade the Automation Plan Engine.
Procedure
Upgrading from IBM BigFix V9.1
If you upgraded IBM BigFix from V9.1 to V9.2, use the Install Latest Automation Plan Engine Task to upgrade the Automation Plan Engine. You use the same Task to install the Automation Plan Engine. When the Automation Plan Engine is installed, the Install Latest Automation Plan Engine Task is relevant if the version of the Automation Plan Engine that is installed is earlier than the version in the Task.
About this task
Before an upgrade, the Install Latest Automation Plan Engine Task shuts down the Automation Plan Engine and removes it.
Complete the following steps to upgrade the Automation Plan Engine.
Procedure
- Log on to the IBM BigFix console as the master operator and go to the Server Automation domain.
- From the Automation node, click Setup and Maintenance and select the Install Latest Automation Plan Engine Task.
- Click Take Action.
- From the Take Action dialog box, target the system on which the IBM BigFix server is installed.
- Click OK. The latest version of the Automation Plan Engine is installed in the BES Server\Applications\PlanEngine subdirectory of the installation directory.
Results
The latest version of the Automation Plan Engine is installed. The IBM BigFix server plug-in service restarts the Automation Plan Engine automatically. The Automation Plan Engine resumes processing any Automation Plan actions and step actions that were running before the upgrade. All the configuration data in the config.xml file and the log4j.prop file is unchanged by the upgrade. The version of the Automation Plan Engine installed by the Install Latest Automation Plan Engine Task is logged in the pe_console.log file in the \BES Server\Applications\Logs subdirectory of the installation directory.