CTE Scheduled Upgrade

Scheduled upgrade allows you schedule an upgrade of the CTE agent to occur after the next time the server hosting the agent reboots normally. Scheduled upgrade can minimize CTE service interruptions. Also, scheduled upgrade can reduce coordination issues in organizations where the security roles are separated.

Note

• Install all Microsoft update patches before scheduling a CTE Agent upgrade. Otherwise, the upgrade will fail.

• The CTE scheduled upgrade feature is compatible with Windows Server 2008 R2 and subsequent versions.

• For all types of upgrades, including interactive (GUI-based) and scheduled upgrades, the protected host must be able to connect to the CipherTrust Manager that it is registered to or the upgrade will fail.

• When upgrading from a CipherTrust Transparent Encryption version that is prior to v7.1, you must first upgrade to v7.1 before scheduling an upgrade to subsequent versions from v7.1.

Scheduling a CTE Upgrade on the Command Line

To schedule CTE to upgrade the next time the system reboots, type:

voradmin upgrade schedule <CTE setup executable path>

Self-extracting .exe Example

voradmin upgrade schedule C:\<Release.build-number>\vee-fs-7.3.0-135-win64.exe

Minor MSI Upgrades Only (Patches)

1. Before running voradmin upgrade schedule, check and remove any existing MSI packages from C:\ProgramData\Vormetric.

2. Type:

   voradmin upgrade schedule C:\<Release.build-number>\vee-fs-7.3.0-158-win64.msi "MINOR_UPGRADE=Yes REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus"

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System Response

Creating and installing service to upgrade. CTE agent will be upgraded on next reboot.

Alternative MSI Method

1. Rename the package named: vee-fs-7.3.0-158-win64.msi to the previous install package name, ex: vee-fs-7.3.0-135-win64.msi

2. Type:

   voradmin upgrade schedule C:\vee-fs-7.3.0-135-win64.msi "REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus"

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Major MSI Installations

For a major MSI upgrade, the command is the same as that for the . exe file.

• Type:

  voradmin upgrade schedule <CTE MSI installer path>

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Example

voradmin upgrade schedule C:\vee-fs-7.3.0-135-win64.msi

Warning

If you have scheduled an upgrade on reboot and the system crashes or is not shutdown gracefully, you must restart the system again to upgrade the agent.

Scheduling a CTE Upgrade Interactively (self-extracting .exe only)

When you open the self-extracting .exe CTE installation binary and a version of CTE is already installed, you have the option of upgrading immediately or initiating a scheduled upgrade. See the procedure below for details. This is an alternative to scheduling an update on the command line using voradmin (see Scheduling a CTE Upgrade on the Command Line).

1. Move the self extracting .exe CTE installation binary to the computer on which you want to initiate the scheduled upgrade.

2. Double-click the self extracting .exe CTE installation binary to run it.

3. Click through the standard initial dialog boxes like the license dialog box.

4. On the UPGRADE - Install now or Later dialog box, click Schedule Upgrade on next reboot and then click Next.

5. Click Schedule on the confirmation dialog box.

   The next time the computer reboots, the upgrade will occur.

This interactive method of scheduling an update is not available for MSI CTE installation binaries. You must use the voradmin command line scheduled upgrade method.

Show Scheduled CTE Upgrades

To display all scheduled CTE agent upgrades, type:

voradmin upgrade show

System Response

Current version:         6.0.3.12
Target upgrade version:  6.0.3.15
Upgrade on reboot:       Enabled

Cancel a Scheduled CTE Upgrade

To cancel/cleanup a scheduled CTE agent upgrade, type:

voradmin upgrade cancel

System Response

CTE agent upgrade canceled successfully.