RSA KMS upgrade overview
Prior to beginning the upgrade, you must determine the maintenance period in which you will perform the upgrade and verify the source RSA KMS system is currently working.
Definitions
Source and target system refers to a specific RSA KMS system.
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System |
Description |
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Source |
RSA KMS version 2.7.1 Or RSA KMS version 3.2.1 |
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Target |
RSA KMS version 3.5.2 |
The upgrade process supports RSA KMS systems with the SQL Server database on and off the servers hosting the RSA KMS application.
Changing Authentication mode
The authentication mode can be changed as part of the upgrade procedure. See Related topics for a link to the steps.
RSA KMS clients
The KMS clients are not impacted by the upgrade. You do not need to upgrade the RSA KMS clients.
RSA KMS port and Secured gateway
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The RSA KMS ports are not changed as a result of the upgrade.
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The RSA KMS does not utilize the Secured gateway.
You must complete the entire upgrade in a single downtime. During the downtime, you must reboot the RSA KMS.
Order in which to upgrade data center servers
The RSA KMS software must be upgraded to the target RSA KMS version before the other data center servers are upgraded to a higher version.
RSA KMS running version 2.0.1
If the RSA KMS is currently running version 2.0.1, you must first migrate your RSA KMS to version 2.7.1, and then upgrade to the target version.
Upgrade and migration overview