This Week in CheckMates: Week of 31 July 2017

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Welcome to "This Week in Checkmates," your weekly highlight reel for all things CheckMates!

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Community Highlights

Here are some highlights from the week's activity on CheckMates:

Share your Check Point Memorabilia for a chance to have it autographed by Gil Shwed!‌

I know some of you have some old Check Point memorabilia in your closets. Clean it out, snap a picture of it, post it on this thread! Who knows, you might win an opportunity to have Gil Shwed autograph it!

R77.30 to R80.10 upgrade issue 

While many upgrades go successfully automatically, some do require help from the TAC. Some potential things to look for when it fails are in this thread. Also, you may want to make sure your CPUSE version is up to date, as suggested in this thread: Upgrade from 77.30 to 80.10 problem 

VTI creation in console 

While the API and CLI support has improved quite a bit in R80.10, there are still some things that require SmartConsole. This is one of them...

https://community.checkpoint.com/message/6169-can-we-get-the-routes-from-r80?sr=search&searchId=51d9...‌

While there is not a specific API for this, there is a way to get the information. Check the thread for details!

mgmt_cli without authentication?‌

There is an equivalent to dbedit -local in R80+, which can be useful in scripts that run on the management and perform automated functions.

Did You Know...

What CheckMates Live is? There are two elements to it:

• Live, in-person gatherings in specific regions
  • We have several regions listed on the CheckMates Live‌ page:
    
    
  • Join the chapter for your area. If you want to start a chapter in your area and there isn't already one, get in contact with us!
• Virtual gatherings (technical deep-dives on specific topics).
  • We are doing these monthly, with the first one was NotPetya: Under the Microscope Presentation and Recording‌.
  • The next one will be How to use R80.10 API for Automation and Streamlined Security‌ with Ryan Darst‌ on August 15th!

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