Environment
NetIQ Advanced Authentication 4.8
Situation
We have 500+ workstations with NetIQ installed in domain. I want to update client components to a new version. But I’m afraid of simultaneous upgrade of all workstations. What I need to do?
Resolution
You are right when you worry about simultaneous upgrading.
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If your employees begin to work at the same time, it cause increasing load on server where new distributive is shared.
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We recommend to upgrade workstations gradually. It means that you select several workstations (it can be 5-10 workstations or 1-2% of workstations with different hardware and software configurations) which will be upgraded at first. You upgrade them, then you watch them during a week. So if all is right after a week, you can upgrade 20-30% of workstations. Then you watch them during next week again. After that you can upgrade the rest workstations.
This approach provides reliable upgrading.
How could you do it in practice:
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You create new installation group and new Group Policy Object (GPO), add a new MSI package in it, see it in details.
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After step 6.5 you must go to Upgrades tab.
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Press Add button.
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In Add Upgrade Package dialog please select A specific GPO option.
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Select a GPO which was used for installation of previous NetIQ version.
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Select MSI package name.
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Select option Uninstall the existing package, then install the upgrade package.
Also make sure that you new GPO is above than old in a GPO list.
Additional Information
Formerly known as 0039.