Upgrading to FlexNet Agent 5.8

To upgrade to FlexNet Agent 5.8 from FlexNet Agent 3.5 or 4.x:

1. Stop the existing FlexNet Agent, and disable the service. You do not need to remove the FlexNet Agent from FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications.
2. Install FlexNet Agent 5.7 in a new location. Do not install to the previous FlexNet Agent installation location.
3. Using the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user interface, migrate the FlexNet Agent configuration:
a. From the Servers tab, under Agents, click Agent Summary.
b. Find the FlexNet Agent and click Migrate for the agent.
c. On the Migrate Agent page, provide the values for the Agent Host and Agent Port settings.
d. Click Migrate.
4. See the section at the end of this chapter, Providing the Path to lmutil, if you are upgrading from FlexNet Agent 3.5 or 4.x.