BESclient upgrade from 9.0.897.0 to 9.5.8.38

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Hi , i have few aix servers running with Besclient 9.0.897.0. As 9.0.x is out of support now from bigfix, would like to upgrade this 9.0.897.0 to 9.5.8.38 ( since my master server is same version) , can someone assist on this what steps needs to be followed ?

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Hello vinothdh,

You might find useful the following URLs for Win and Linux BES upgrade to 9.5:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQL82_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQL82_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html

Also here’s an upgrade paths info:

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQL82_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Installation/c_upgrade_paths.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSQL82_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.doc/Platform/Installation/c_upgrade_paths_linux.html

Regards,
Vitaliy

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If the Server/relays are already at the higher version, I believe it’s just a matter of running an action from the “Updated BES Client - AIX” fixlet from the BES Support site. But as always, you should test for your environment first.