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Hmmm...yeah, we're still way down the rabbit hole on this one.  I should have known to expect nothing less from Checkpoint.

Anyway, would it be correct to state the upgrade w/ VM migration requirements as the following?

• The upgrade process requires creating an exported R81.10 snapshot on the old R80.40 server
• This image must be created using $FWDIR/scripts/migrate_server export -v R81.10
• The image must be created and stored temporarily on the old server on a mounted volume.  This doesn't necessarily have to be /var/log, but people are using /var/log because it's an already mounted partition that has the best chance of having enough free space.
• If it's not possible to clear space on /var/log for the snapshot, a new partition could be created  and mount in /snapshots or whatever (I can't find specific instructions on this, but would assume it's possible)
• On the new R81.10 server, create /var/log/mdss.json with the old hostname and new IP address of the mgmt server
• After creating the R81.10 snapshot, copy it to the new R81.10 server via SCP or FTP.  Then import it using $FWDIR/scripts/migrate_server import 
• Reset SIC on the gateways to sync them up with the new R81.10 management server
• If using BYOL, modify the existing license to use the new IP address and apply.