Upgrade R80.20 cluster to R81.20

[Firewall_Head]

Hi Checkmates,

I'm planning to upgrade my R80.20 cluster modules to R81.20 , before I do this I just wanted to confirm whether MVC will help me in doing this without zero downtime.

1. Take backups from members.

2. Upgrade standby to R81.20.

3. Will MVC work here ?????

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WR,

FH

[emmap · Accepted solution]

Yes.

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

[Firewall_Head]

Hi @emmap ,

Thanks for the reply.

I have one more question, what if MVC is not applicable for an upgrade ?

How will upgrade my cluster with zero downtime ?

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WR,

FH

[emmap]

In older versions we had something called Connectivity Upgrade that would do it, but it has been superseded by MVC in current versions. Other upgrade options would not sync connection tables between versions and hence would have impact when moving from old version to new version cluster members.

[the_rock]

It would definitely work as @emmap mentioned.

Andy

[genisis__]

I think MVC is supported from R80.10.

So yes I would use this, but rebuild the appliances if you can rather then do an in-place upgrade.