Installation, Upgrade, and Applying Maintenance Overview

Installation, Upgrade, and Applying Maintenance

There are separate procedures for installing, upgrading, and applying maintenance to Universal Agent.

Installation

Installation refers to the installation of an Agent on a machine with any supported platform that does not already contain an installed Agent.

If you are installing Universal Agent for the first time, see Installing Universal Agent for instructions.

Upgrade

Upgrading refers to the increase of a currently installed Version, Release, or Modification level (see Versioning) of an Agent on a machine to a later Version, Release, or Modification level of that Agent (for example, upgrading Universal Agent 6.2.0.1 to Universal Agent 7.7.0.0).

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Universal Agent, see Upgrading Universal Agent for instructions.

Applying Maintenance

Applying maintenance refers to the increase of a currently installed Maintenance level (see Versioning) of an Agent on a machine to a later Maintenance level of that Agent (for example, applying maintenance to Universal Agent 7.7.0.0 to increase its maintenance level to 7.7.0.1).

If you are applying maintenance to your version of Universal Agent, see Applying Maintenance to Universal Agent.