R81.10 to R82

[r1der]

Hi all, My SMS/GWs is currently on R81.10 JHT 172. 
SMS: Smart-1 600S
GW: (2) CheckPoint 6600

Do I understand correctly, that I should upgrade to R82 before July 2025.
Am I able to upgrade from R81.10 directly to R82 or are these clean installs?

[AaronCP · Accepted solution]

R81.10 goes end of support in March 2026 according to Support Life Cycle Policy (I don't see the 6600 appliance listed

According to R82 Supported Upgrades Paths , you can upgrade to R82 from R81.10.

[r1der]

Thank you for confirming! I didn't see 6600 on there too, and was a bit worried I might have missed something. 

[the_rock · Accepted solution]

For what this advice is worth, I 100% suggest upgrading your management to R82. I did it in 2 of my labs, no issues. As far as gateways, just to be on the safe side, I would wait at least until its recommended by Check Point, which might be soon.

Andy

[r1der]

Thanks, @the_rock . I'm 100% going to look into that 😁!
I'm looking forward to the "test feed" feature I saw in Phoneboy's API webinar, and I'm sure a bunch of other nice things R81.10 doesn't have.

Would it be fine to have the SMS on R82 and Gateways on R81.10 for a while?
Where would they announce that the gateways will be ok to upgrade to R82?

[the_rock · Accepted solution]

Test feed is great feature in R81.20...my HONEST recommendation and I had been suggesting this to everyone these days...mgmt to R82, gateways R81.20.

Would it be fine to have the SMS on R82 and Gateways on R81.10 for a while? YES : - )

Andy

[r1der]

You're the best, ya know? I appreciate you taking the time to answer! 

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@the_rock wrote:

mgmt to R82, gateways R81.20.

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That will be my plan!

[the_rock]

Its no problem at all. If you want me to show you R82 in my lab, just message me directly and we can set up remote when convenient. 

Andy

[the_rock]

Hey mate,

Just to make sure this works 100%, I built R81.10 gw in the lab, installed same jumbo, was able to upgrade it fine to R82, no issues, latest jumbo 14 as well.

Have a nice weekend.

Andy