II Upgrading or Migrating Access Manager Appliance

This section discusses how to upgrade or migrate Access Manager Appliance to the newer version. You must take a backup of the existing configurations before upgrading or migrating Access Manager Appliance.

For more information, see Back Up and Restore in the NetIQ Access Manager Appliance 5.0 Administration Guide.

NOTE:By default, the Access Manager configuration uses stronger TLS protocols, ciphers, and other security settings. If you want to revert these settings after upgrading, see Restoring Previous Security Level After Upgrading Access Manager Appliance in the NetIQ Access Manager Appliance 5.0 Security Guide.

Supported Upgrade Paths: For information about the latest supported upgrade paths, see the specific Release Notes on the Access Manager Documentation website.

Access Manager Version

Migration or Upgrade Path

4.5.x

Migrate to 5.0.1 and then upgrade to 5.0.2 or later

5.0.1 or higher

Direct upgrade

This section includes the following topics: