Updating One Identity Manager to version 8.2.1
IMPORTANT: Note the Advice for updating One Identity Manager.
To update an existing One Identity Manager installation to version 8.2.1
- Run all the consistency checks in the Designer in Database section.
- Start the Consistency Editor in the Designer by selecting the Database > Check data consistency menu item.
- In the Test options dialog, click .
- Under the Database node, enable all the tests and click OK.
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Select the Consistency check > Run menu item to start testing.
All the database tests must be successful. Correct any errors. Some consistency checks offer repair options for correcting errors.
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Update the administrative workstation, on which the One Identity Manager database schema update is started.
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Run the autorun.exe program from the root directory on the One Identity Manager installation medium.
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Change to the Installation tab. Select the Edition you have installed.
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To update a One Identity Manager Active Directory Edition, switch to the Other Products tab and select the One Identity Manager Active Directory Edition entry.
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To update a One Identity Manager History Database, switch to the Other Products tab and select the One Identity Manager History Database entry.
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Click Install.
This starts the installation wizard.
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Follow the installation instructions.
IMPORTANT: On the Installation Settings page, select the directory for your current installation as the installation directory. Otherwise the components are not updated and a new installation is created in the second directory instead.
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Complete the One Identity Manager Service on the update server.
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Make a backup of the One Identity Manager database.
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Check whether the database's compatibility level is set the 140 and change it if necessary.
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Run the One Identity Manager database schema update.
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Start the
on the administrative workstation and follow the instructions.Select a user who has at least administrative permissions for the One Identity Manager database to update the One Identity Manager schema with the Configuration Wizard.
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Use the same user as you used for initially installing the schema.
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If you created an administrative user during schema installation, use that one.
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If you selected a user with Windows authentication to install the schema, you must use the same one for updating.
NOTE: If you want to switch to the granular permissions concept when you upgrade from version 8.0.x to version 8.2.1, use an installation user with permissions for this permissions concept. For more detailed information about permissions, see the One Identity Manager Installation Guide.
If you want to switch to granular permissions when you update from 8.1.x, contact support. To access the Support Portal, go to https://support.oneidentity.com/identity-manager/.
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Update the One Identity Manager Service on the update server.
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Run the autorun.exe program from the root directory on the One Identity Manager installation medium.
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Change to the Installation tab. Select the Edition you have installed.
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To update a One Identity Manager Active Directory Edition, switch to the Other Products tab and select the One Identity Manager Active Directory Edition entry.
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To update a One Identity Manager History Database, switch to the Other Products tab and select the One Identity Manager History Database entry.
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Click Install.
This starts the installation wizard.
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Follow the installation instructions.
IMPORTANT: On the Installation Settings page, select the directory for your current installation as the installation directory. Otherwise the components are not updated and a new installation is created in the second directory instead.
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Check the login information of the One Identity Manager Service. Specify the service account to use.
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Start the One Identity Manager Service on the update server.
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Update other installations on workstations and servers.
You can use the automatic software update method for updating existing installations.
To update synchronization projects to version 8.2.1
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If you have set up synchronization projects for connecting cloud applications in the Universal Cloud Interface, update the target system schema in these synchronization projects using the Synchronization Editor.
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Any required changes to system connectors or the synchronization engine are made available when you update One Identity Manager. These changes must be applied to existing synchronization projects to prevent target system synchronizations that are already set up, from failing. Patches are made available for this.
NOTE: Some patches are applied automatically. A process that migrates all existing synchronization project is queued in the Job queue to do this. To run the process, the One Identity Manager Service must be started on the database server and on all the synchronization servers.
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Check whether the process DPR_Migrate_Shell has been started successfully.
If the patch cannot be applied because the target system could not be reached, for example, you can manually apply it.
For more information, see Applying patches to synchronization projects.
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To update an application server to version 8.2.1
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After updating the One Identity Manager database's schema, the application server starts the automatic update.
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To start the update manually, open the application's status page in the browser and select Update immediately from the current user's menu.
To update the Web Designer Web Portal to version 8.2.1
NOTE: Before you update the Web Designer Web Portal:
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Ensure that the application server is up-to-date.
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Ensure that the Microsoft Edge WebView2 is installed on the web server.
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To update the Web Designer Web Portal automatically, connect to the runtime monitor http://<server>/<application>/monitor in a browser and start the web application update.
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To manually update the Web Designer Web Portal, uninstall the existing Web Designer Web Portal and install the Web Designer Web Portal again. For more instructions, see the One Identity Manager Installation Guide.
To update an API Server to version 8.2.1
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After updating the One Identity Manager database schema, restart the API Server. The API Server is updated automatically.
To update the Operations Support Web Portal to version 8.2.1
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(As from version 8.1.x) After updating the API Server, the Operations Support Web Portal is also current.
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(As from version 8.0.x)
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Uninstall the Operations Support Web Portal.
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Install an API Server. For more instructions, see the One Identity Manager Installation Guide.
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To update the Manager web application to version 8.2.1
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Uninstall the Manager web application
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Reinstall the Manager web application.
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The default Internet Information Services user requires edit permissions for the Manager's installation directory to automatically update the Manager web application Check whether the required permissions exist.