Good Afternoon everyone -
Quick questions regarding the upgrade process of my management servers from R80.40 to R81.20.
We have a two-node security gateway cluster running on a pair of 5100 appliances - both on R80.40 Take 173.
We have a separate SMS (backup log server) running as a VM on VMware and a separate SmartEvent appliance (primary log server) running on a Smart-1 205 appliance that we need to migrate to a new Smart-1 600-S appliance.
We are going to perform a Multi-Version Cluster Upgrade to allow us to test out the new version to make sure everything works.
Multi-Version Cluster Upgrade Procedure - Gateway Mode
The first steps in this guide are to first upgrade the SMS - then upgrade any additional log/management servers.
So I plan on upgrading the virtual SMS first:
- Take VMware snapshot
- Run upgrade
- Test
Then I plan on migrating the SmartEvent server to the new appliance following the below link:
Upgrading a Security Management Server or Log Server from R80.20 and higher with Advanced Upgrade - although this is proving to be a pain in the arse so I may simply do a fresh install to R81.20. Our config is not that complicated.
Questions because it's been a while.
- Does upgrading the SMS automatically install policy that has been published?
- Do I need to install policy after the SMS upgrade to R81.20? (not seeing this as a step)
I'm trying to see how risky this upgrade is of the SMS.
-Thanks guys!
Joe