7.5 Phased Upgrades

In large organizations it is often not feasible to fully deploy an application to all users simultaneously. SecureLogin provides full support for phased or staggered upgrades. This allows you to upgrade users without downtime and within an unrestricted time frame.

This flexibility is due to the Cache Synchronization functionality of SecureLogin. Each time a user logs on to the network, the SecureLogin workstation cache is compared and synchronized with the user’s SecureLogin data on the directory. During an upgrade the directory and workstation versions will differ for a brief period.

The following table shows scenarios for deploying SecureLogin phased upgrades.

Upgrade

Followed by

Directory Schema first

All workstations upgraded or;

Workstations upgraded by object (group policy,container, OU or user).

Workstations first

Directory schema updated, with either:

  • All workstations upgraded, or;

  • Workstations upgraded by object (group policy, container, OU or user).

NOTE:When upgrading SecureLogin from a previous version, the version running on the administrative workstation (the workstation used to administer SecureLogin) must be the same as the data being administered.