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Change Auditor 7.1.1 - Installation Guide

Installation Overview Install Change Auditor Add Users to Change Auditor Security Groups Connecting to the Clients Deploy Change Auditor Agents Upgrade Change Auditor Installation Notes and Best Practices Multi-Forest Deployments Foreign Forest Agent Deployment Workstation Agent Deployment Agent Comparison Install an agent to audit ADAM (AD LDS) on workgroup servers Active Roles Integration Quest GPOADmin Integration Windows Installer Command Line Options

Upgrade Change Auditor

To ensure success, upgrade the Change Auditor components in the following order:

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Step 1: Upgrade all coordinators (and database schema)
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Step 2: Upgrade all clients
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Step 3: Upgrade the agents

Step 1: Upgrade all coordinators (and database schema)

During an upgrade of the first coordinator, the Change Auditor database is upgraded. Before proceeding with the coordinator upgrade, backup the database.

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NOTE: Change Auditor 7.0 and above requires a new license for all modules.
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IMPORTANT: As of Change Auditor version 7.0.4, Microsoft Graph API permissions are required for the web application to audit Azure Active Directory. and Office 365. Due to this, any existing Azure Active Directory and Office 365 templates must be updated.

Azure Active Directory and Office 365 auditing will not occur if the permission requirements are not met.

See the Office 365 and Azure Active Directory auditing User Guide for details on updating the templates and the required permission.
To upgrade all coordinators (and database schema):
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Stop all coordinators.
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Log on to the coordinator server to upgrade and run the autorun.exe file.
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On the Install page, click Install for the Install Change Auditor Coordinator option to invoke the Coordinator Setup wizard.
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Follow the Change Auditor Coordinator Setup wizard.
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After the Change Auditor Coordinator Setup wizard has successfully finished, wait until the coordinator goes from an ‘Initializing’ status to a ‘Running’ status. To determine the coordinator’s status, right-click the Change Auditor coordinator system tray icon and select the Coordinator Status option.
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Continue to upgrade the remaining coordinators one at a time following steps 2 to 4.

Step 2: Upgrade all clients

Step 2: Upgrade all clients
To upgrade a client:
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From a workstation, laptop, or member server, run the autorun.exe file.
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On the Install page, click Install for the Install Change Auditor Client option to start the Client Setup wizard.
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Follow the Change Auditor Client Setup wizard.
See Install the client for more detailed information about the Client Setup wizard.
To upgrade a Change Auditor web client:
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On the IIS server, run the autorun.exe file.
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On the Install page, click Install for the Install Change Auditor Web Client option to start the Change Auditor Web Client Setup wizard.
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Follow the Change Auditor Web Client Setup wizard.
See the Change Auditor Web Client User Guide for more detailed information about the Change Auditor Web Client Setup wizard.

Step 3: Upgrade the agents

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NOTE: Previous versions of Change Auditor agents (6.0, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, and 7.0 can connect and work a Change Auditor 7.1 coordinator and client. Direct upgrades to 7.1 are supported from versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, and 7.0.

The Change Auditor agent requires .NET 4.6.2. See the System statistics and facilities system requirements for the list of supported platforms.

To upgrade Change Auditor agents:
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Open the client and select View | Deployment.
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Select the agents to upgrade and click Install or Upgrade.
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NOTE: If you get an Access Denied status in the Deployment Results column, use the Credentials | Set command to enter the proper credentials for installing agents.
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Select one of the following options to schedule the deployment task:
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Now (default)
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When
If you select the When option, enter the date and time when you want the deployment task to initiate. Click OK to initiate or schedule the deployment task.
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