Doubts about upgrading MDS and SmartEvent server

[fjulianom]

Hi community,

I am in the way of upgrading my customer's MDS and SmartEvent server and have some doubts. The following is said in the R81.20 upgrade guide:

a) After upgrading the MDS, in point 5 when upgrading the SmartEvent server with CPUSE, don't I need to select R81.20 version in the SmartEvent object in SmartConsole first?

b) After upgrading the SmartEvent server, in point 7 when it says "Select the applicable SmartLSM Security Profile objects", what does it mean? When I click on Install Policy, I only have the options to check the Access Control or Threat Prevention Policy, and the Policy Targets, but I don't see any SmartLSM Security Profile object to select.

c) After finishing point 7, will I see all the Domain Management Servers in R81.20?

d) In point 8, how can I be sure the managament database and configuration were upgraded correctly?

e) No Log Exporter reconfiguration is needed?

Regards,

Julián

[AkosBakos]

Hi @fjulianom 

Here is a link of an R81.20 upgrade guide.

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_Installation_and_Upgrade_Gui...

First, check these steps. It seemed you read an older or other version of the upgrade guide.

• In step 6 (answer for "A":

  • Important - If your Security Management Server manages dedicated Log Servers or SmartEvent Servers, you must update the version of the corresponding objects in SmartConsole.

• In step 9 (answer for "B")
  • Important - This step applies only if you enabled the SmartProvisioningClosed Software Blade on this Management Server

Question "C": the object will be on R81.20, it will change automatically

Question "D": Hard question. First, trust in the software. Second, check "random" rules before and after. 

Question "E": to be 100% sure, save the configuration. Last time when R81.10 -> R81.20 the upgrade kept the config.

Akos