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Centralized Agent UpdateIBM Workload Automation 9.3

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Upgrade scenario How does Centralized Agent Update work ? Live demo

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Upgrade your agent today

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Patching or upgrading your agents todayTWS administrators connect to the IBM download site and download the fix pack or upgrade installation package and install the package on each agent workstation, one by one…

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or using different tools/solutionsor using different tools/solutions

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Upgrade from a single point of control

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Where to execute?

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Where to monitor?

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Filter one agent

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How does Centralized Agent Update work

● New agent image ZIP files must be copied in the Engine folder <TWS>/deploy/agent

● Each zip contains the standard TWS folder and a .self folder containing the selfupdate script needed to run the update

● Selfupdate script execute the following steps:● Stop the agent● Backup TWS dir in temp folder● Launch twsinst command that will upgrade the agent● In case of failure, it restores the TWS dir● Restart the agent

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