How to migrate Checpoint appliance R80.30 to R81.10

[TSOL]

Hello

We need to migrate Checkpoint appliances 5600(R80.30) to 6000 series(R81.10).

We will plan to add new settings when we switch to new equipment (6000 series).
So I'm thinking of using the migrate_server command on the 5600 to extract the configuration.

When I checked migrate_server command,
I got information that when the "migrate_server" command is executed, "cpstop" occurs and the process stops. Is this information correct?
If the information is correct. we need to get the administers permission because company network will be affected.

The Checkpoint 5600 appluance is 1HA(ClusterXL), Standalone(no another management server ).

[PhoneBoy · Accepted solution]

migrate_server requires a cpstop, yes.

[G_W_Albrecht · Accepted solution]

The Management on the FW Cluster is not a good deployment - i would think about a deployment with SMS in VM !

[Oliver_Fink]

I agree completely, Full HA Cluster is pain in the a… But keep in mind that a deployment with SMS in VM adds license costs.

[Oliver_Fink · Accepted solution]

I think you should do it during a maintenance window.

I somehow sure that you cannot use Multi-Version Cluster (MVC) during update because SMS is running on the gateways (Full HA Cluster).

The upgrade process in R81.10 Installation And Upgrade Guide follows "Upgrading Security Management Servers in Management High Availability from R80.20 and higher" on page 215 (redirected from page 423).

Such, I would expect a downtime during upgrade.