Upgrading a stand-alone system

Upgrade your stand-alone system to the next major version.

Preparing for upgrade in a stand-alone environment
The upgrade patch promotes your Guardium system to the next major version. Use the following workflow to prepare your stand-alone system for upgrade.
Applying the health check patch on stand-alone systems
The health check patch performs preliminary checks on your Guardium system to prevent potential issues during the upgrade. This patch must be successfully installed on your stand-alone system in the last seven days before you install the Guardium upgrade patch.
Archiving data from stand-alone systems
You can archive the audit data that is captured by your Guardium system to another location. These archived files can be restored later for forensic purposes without replacing the audit data that is already available in your Guardium system. Use the following procedure to archive data on your stand-alone system.
Purging system data from stand-alone systems
Purging unnecessary data from your stand-alone system can significantly speed up the upgrade process. For best performance and to minimize risks that are associated with upgrading large amounts of data, try to achieve less than 20% internal database utilization by purging unnecessary system data.
Backing up a stand-alone system
System backups store all the necessary data and configuration values to restore your Guardium system. Use this procedure to back up your stand-alone system.
Applying the upgrade patch on stand-alone systems
To upgrade your stand-alone Guardium system, you must install the upgrade patch. You can install the patch from your local system, from a network location, from a file server, or by using media such as a CD or DVD.
Installing maintenance patches on stand-alone systems
After you upgrade your Guardium system, apply the relevant maintenance patches.
Upgrading S-TAP agents in a stand-alone environment
After you upgrade your stand-alone system, upgrade your S-TAP agent.

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