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Upgrading and uninstalling agents on UNIX and Linux computers

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This article describes how to upgrade and uninstall agents on UNIX and Linux computers using the UNIX/Linux Agent Upgrade Wizard and the UNIX/Linux Agent Uninstall Wizard. These wizards are similar in how you select the target computers and provide credentials. Both wizards require privileged credentials on the UNIX or Linux computers to complete their tasks. For more information, see Planning Security Credentials for Accessing Unix and Linux Computers.

Upgrading agents

You must run the UNIX/Linux Agent Upgrade Wizard to upgrade agents from earlier versions, or when updates are issued by Microsoft for Operations Manager.

To upgrade an agent

  1. In the Operations Console, select Administration.

  2. Select UNIX/Linux Computers in the Device Management node.

  3. In the Actions pane, select Upgrade Agent to start the UNIX/Linux Agent Upgrade Wizard.

  4. In the Select Upgrade Targets page, all applicable computers that have the installed agent will be selected by default for upgrade. Unselect any targets you don't want to upgrade.

  5. On the Credentials page, select one of the credentials options.

    If you select the option to use the existing credentials and are alerted that one or more of the selected target computers doesn't have a Run As account assigned with the required profiles, you must do one of the following:

    • Provide specified credentials with the Provide upgrade credentials option.

    • Select Show Computers (in the alert text) for a list of the computers that don't have the required credentials specified in Run As Accounts. Then select Previous to unselect them and try again.

    For detailed instructions on how to set credentials, see How to Set Credentials for Accessing UNIX and Linux Computers.

  6. Select Upgrade.

Uninstalling agents

You can uninstall an agent from the targeted computer by using the UNIX/Linux Agent Uninstall Wizard. For information on manually uninstalling agents, see Manually Uninstalling Agents from UNIX and Linux Computers.

To uninstall an agent

  1. In the Operations Console, select Administration.

  2. Select UNIX/Linux Computers in the Device Management node.

  3. In the Actions pane, select Uninstall Agent to start the UNIX/Linux Agent Uninstall Wizard.

  4. In the Select Uninstall Targets page, all the applicable computers that have the installed agent will be selected by default for uninstallation. Unselect any targets you don't want to uninstall.

  5. On the Credentials page, select one of the credentials options.

    If you select the option to use existing credentials and are alerted that one or more of the selected target computers doesn't have a Run As account assigned, you must do one of the following:

    • Provide specified credentials with the Provide uninstall credentials option.

    • Select Show Computers (in the alert text) for a list of computers that don't have the required credentials specified in Run As Accounts. Then select Previous to unselect them and try again.

    For detailed instructions on how to set credentials, see How to Set Credentials for Accessing UNIX and Linux Computers.

  6. Select Uninstall.

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