Upgrading the Cloud Extender core agent
The Cloud Extender® Configuration Tool notifies the administrator if a new Cloud Extender core agent is available for upgrade.
Checking the Cloud Extender core agent version
To check the version of the Cloud
Extender core agent that you
are using, follow these steps:
- Log in to the IBM® MaaS360® Portal, and go to .
- From the Cloud
Extender
Device View screen, go to the Hardware Inventory section.
The version that you are using is listed in the Agent Version section.
Upgrading the Cloud Extender core agent
You can update the Cloud
Extender core agent in the
following ways:
- Download a new core agent installer from the Admin Portal.
- Directly from the Cloud Extender
Configuration Tool using the Upgrade
function: Note: The upgrade feature is supported from Cloud Extender 2.93 and later.
- Run the Cloud Extender
Configuration Tool. After the
Internet test check finishes, a web service call determines the current GA version of the core agent
and the location of the installer download. If a new core Cloud
Extender agent is available,
a yellow flag is displayed on the Cloud Extender
Configuration Tool toolbar:
- Click the yellow flag. The Confirm Upgrade message is displayed.
- Click Download to download the installation package to a temporary location. When the download is complete, the Cloud Extender Configuration Tool starts the core agent installer and closes the tool.
- Run the Cloud Extender
Configuration Tool. After the
Internet test check finishes, a web service call determines the current GA version of the core agent
and the location of the installer download. If a new core Cloud
Extender agent is available,
a yellow flag is displayed on the Cloud Extender
Configuration Tool toolbar: