UPGRADATION OF DELL KACE K1000 from v5.4 to v5.5

Contents :

            1. Backing up existing DELL KACE K1000

            2. Automatic Update

            3. Manual Update

                        3.1. Updating KACE K1000

                        3.2. Updating Agent

1.Backing up existing DELL KACE K1000

            Before we doing DELL KACE Upgradation, we need to take a backup of Kace file and DB. For that go to settings -> Control panel -> Backup and Restore.  Download the File and DB Backup as shown below:

2. Automatic Update

            Once the backup is successfully completed, we can update DELL KACE in two ways. Automatic and manually.

            For Automatic update go to Settings -> Server Maintanence  and select Edit Mode. Then click check for upgrade as shown below. This option will detect the update 

3. Manual Update

            We can do manual  update by downloading DELL KACE Latest files from the following location

            https://downloads.kace.com

           We have to download the following files :

            k1000_server_5.5.90545.kbin

            k1000_agents_5.5.25198.kbin

Once downloaded we are ready to update.

3.1. Updating KACE K1000

            For updating KACE K1000 go to Settings -> Server Maintanence  and select Edit Mode. In the Manually update section Click Choose file and select the k1000_server_5.5.90545.kbin file and click update K1000. Pls see the image below

            Once its started update the webpage will redirected to https://<ip address>/system and it will run the update with status. Wait until its finish update. Kindly note don’t restart the KACE while doing update.

            After updates finished successfully. Kindly verify the version by navigate

Settings - > Server Maintanence

3.2. Updating Agent

            We have do Agent Update by manually. To Update the Agent go to Settings -> K1000 Agents -> Agent update for KACE. Under Upload K1000 Agent Update Files select Edit Mode. Click Choose File and select k1000_agents_5.5.25198.kbin and Click Load Bundle File. Refer the image below.

           

Once update complete verify the version in Loaded K1000 Agent Updates. Refer the image below

To distribute the Agent to all clients go to  Settings -> K1000 Agents -> Agent update for KACE select Edit Mode -> Check Enabled. Refer the image below