Upgrade Procedure
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the basic steps needed for upgrading Activity Monitor. See the Software Compatibility & Versions section for information on integration with other Netwrix products.
Considerations
While it is strongly recommended to match the versions of both the console and the activity agent, activity agent(s) V8.0+ can be managed by Activity Monitor Console V9.0+. Older versions of activity agents will be limited in monitoring capability until upgraded.
The installation and configuration paths for Netwrix Activity Monitor have been updated from Activity Monitor 7.1. See the Netwrix Activity Monitor Paths knowledge base article for additional information.
Activity Monitor Upgrade Procedure
Follow the steps to upgrade from an older version of Netwrix Activity Monitor to Netwrix Activity Monitor 9.0.
Uninstall of the existing Activity Monitor Console is not required.
Step 1 – Install the Activity Monitor 9.0 on the same machine where the older console resides following the instructions in the Install Application section. Launch the Activity Monitor Console and navigate to the Agents tab.
Step 2 – Select the activity agent(s) to be upgraded. The Windows Ctrl-select option can be used to select multiple activity agents. Then click Upgrade.
Update the activity agents in batches to ensure continuity of monitoring.
The selected activity agents are updated to V9.0. If a Netwrix Threat Prevention Agent is also installed on the Windows server for monitoring file systems, the Monitored Hosts & Services tab identifies the host as being “Managed by Threat Prevention”, and that ‘monitored host’ is not editable. However, multiple outputs can be configured for hosts. Add the Windows host to the Monitored Hosts & Services tab to monitor file system for outputs to Access Analyzer, Threat Manager, and/or SIEM products.