R80.30 JHF - First Jumbo Hotfix accumulator is now available ( On-Going Take #19)

[Yifat_Chen]

HI all,

A new Ongoing Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator take for R80.30 (take 19) is available. Please refer to sk153152.

Please note the following:

• The new releases will be mention in the JHF sk153152.
• The new releases will not be published via CPUSE as a recommended version.
• Availability:
  • Will be provided by customer support
  • Available for download via CPUSE by using package identifier.
  • This Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator  does not support 26k& 16k appliances at the moment; Support will be added in the next Jumbo.

Thanks

Release Management Group 

[G_W_Albrecht]

Very good - installable over MTA Update Fix T27 and Check_Point_R80.30_MABDA_sk113410_FULL.tgz Mobile Access Fix on GWs !

[An_Nguyen]

Does this new release support Active Load Sharing ClusterXL Cluster?

Thanks

[Yifat_Chen]

No, but it is in our roadmap to include it in the in the future as part of the Jumbo hotfix accumulator .
Thanks

[John_Fulater]

Question - How are "On-Going" Takes - releases?  I was always told that on going are "works in progress and subject to change.

I understand there has to be fixes for some people to test but the long running "on - going " take doesn't seem like it should be taken as a formal release.

This announcement is just saying we are working on a jumbo fix.

Color me confused.  I want what is in the take but was told not to use before GA.

[Maarten_Sjouw]

Well the thing with on-going takes is that when you run into a problem that is resolved by a fix that is in that on-going take you are offered that on-going take to resolve the problems you may have.
For me this one would certainly be worth the risk:
Multi-Domain Server processes must be down when running cma_migrate.

[Yifat_Chen]

Ongoing take is indeed still in progress (more or less 90% QA) , but yet in a good quality.
We are releasing it to the field for approximately 3 weeks as ongoing to gain more confidence and hear feedback from customers & SEs.
In most cases, the same take will be released as GA, However if we will find critical issues in QA/field, we will need to remove the take and release another one instead.
Just to share some statistics:
R80.10 Jumbo - since Nov. we released 7 takes , 3 of them were replaced before moving to GA.
R80.20 Jumbo - since Nov. we released 9 takes, 3 of them were replaced before moving to GA
Thanks

[Yifat_Chen]

Take 19 is now GA. see related post: 

 https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/R80-30-JHF-ongoing-take-19-is-now-GA/m-p/59567