Upgrade to 12.8 fails - Policy Server SP 0 is installed on linux

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On Agents (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On Federation (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

Following error when upgrading the policy server from 12.6SP2 to 12.8 on linux:

Policy Server  SP 0 is installed.  Upgrades are supported from 4.51 SP05, 4.61
SP05, 5.0 SP01, 5.5 SP02, 6.0 and 12.0 .  Select 'OK' to exit installation.

Environment

Release : 12.8.03

Component : SITEMINDER -WEB AGENT FOR APACHE

Resolution

Solved by copying /install_config_info/ca-ps-uninstall/.com.zerog.registry.xml to the home directory of the user executing the install.