Prerequisites for upgrading WinCollect agents in a managed deployment

Before you upgrade WinCollect agents, ensure that your software meets the version requirements.

WinCollect and QRadar software versions

The version of the installed WinCollect depends on the version of QRadar® that you are running.
Table 1. Software version matrix
QRadar Version Minimum WinCollect Version RPM Minimum Version
QRadar V7.3.x WinCollect 7.2.5 AGENT-WINCOLLECT-7.3-20161123160813.noarch
QRadar V7.4.x WinCollect 7.2.5 AGENT-WINCOLLECT-7.3-20161123160813.noarch
QRadar V7.5.x WinCollect 7.2.5 AGENT-WINCOLLECT-7.3-20161123160813.noarch

Checking the installed version of the WinCollect agent

You can check the version of the installed WinCollect agent by performing the following steps:
  1. In QRadar, select Help > About
  2. Select the Additional Release Information link.
  3. If you want to verify the WinCollect agent release, use ssh to log in to the QRadar Console as the root user, and run the following command:
    yum list all | grep -i AGENT-WINCOLLECT