https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Endpoint/Harmony-Endpoint-upgrade-version-with-FDE-Blade/m-p/157246#M6062 <P>Hi Checkmates,</P><P>in Harmony Endpoint FDE does is it necessary to decrypt pre upgrade and encrypt post upgrade to another version?</P><P>what is the reason for it as a requirement?</P><P>also if yes is there a way to bypass the decrypt/encrypt process on upgrade and downgrade of Harmony Endpoint Agent.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:00:19 GMT Saul_Goodman 2022-09-14T18:00:19Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Endpoint/Harmony-Endpoint-upgrade-version-with-FDE-Blade/m-p/157246#M6062 <P>Hi Checkmates,</P><P>in Harmony Endpoint FDE does is it necessary to decrypt pre upgrade and encrypt post upgrade to another version?</P><P>what is the reason for it as a requirement?</P><P>also if yes is there a way to bypass the decrypt/encrypt process on upgrade and downgrade of Harmony Endpoint Agent.</P> Wed, 14 Sep 2022 18:00:19 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Endpoint/Harmony-Endpoint-upgrade-version-with-FDE-Blade/m-p/157246#M6062 Saul_Goodman 2022-09-14T18:00:19Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Endpoint/Harmony-Endpoint-upgrade-version-with-FDE-Blade/m-p/157434#M6064 <P>In general, it's supported to upgrade Endpoint with FDE in place.<BR />The exceptions I am aware of off the top of my head include:</P> <UL> <LI>Upgrading from/to certain Windows versions</LI> <LI>On macOS: upgrading past certain versions where the OS no longer supports our FDE and</LI> <LI>On Windows: converting to BitLocker from native FDE</LI> </UL> <P>Where are you seeing the requirement to decrypt FDE when upgrading?</P> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:49:56 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Endpoint/Harmony-Endpoint-upgrade-version-with-FDE-Blade/m-p/157434#M6064 PhoneBoy 2022-09-16T18:49:56Z