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SMS Azure Upgrade

Hi Team,

I’m after some insights about upgrading a SMS in Azure from R81.10 to R81.20 as I’ve got entry level experience with Azure.

In place upgrade (https://support.checkpoint.com/results/download/133468) didn’t work throwing an error about partition “Your partitions are not in Check Point standard format, and an upgrade is not possible. Reinstall your system and verify correct partitioning.” As per sk180769, it looks in place upgrade is not supported.

We're currently considering carrying out an advanced upgrade, however I'm unsure about a few points in Azure. My approach is as follows:

download and install R81.20 upgrade tools on R81.10 SMS
run an upgrade verify, followed by addressing any error, warnings, etc.
export the DB, and copy it out verifying its checksum
shut down the R81.10 SMS, de-associating it’s vNIC
build the new R81.20 SMS from marketplace in the same region (do we need to create a new resource group for it?), having the same name as the R81.10 SMS
associate R81.10’s NIC to R81.20 SMS
install the latest HFA
import the DB

Points 4-6 are bit blurry to me, is this the right approach, did anyone out there go through the same?

Just to note that I went through sk155632 our SMS doesn't have a public ip address as alias just a single private ip address

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