{"id":520,"date":"2011-01-31T20:21:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T20:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2011\/01\/31\/upgrading-a-checkpoint-manager-from-r654-to-r7x\/"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:49:28","slug":"upgrading-a-checkpoint-manager-from-r654-to-r7x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Firewalls\/Checkpoint\/upgrading-a-checkpoint-manager-from-r654-to-r7x.html","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading a CheckPoint Manager from R65.4 to R7x"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NGX R65 HFA40 is a standard HFA and can be installed both on Security Gateways and on SmartCenter servers.<br \/>\nR65.4 is a Management-based package that in addition to NGX R65 HFA40, also contains various new features and plug-ins.<br \/>\nUpgrading from R65.4 can present some significant issues, due the release being a dead end. You will therefore need to consider the below options before moving forward with the upgrade.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Upgrading to R70<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following is taken from the release notes for R70:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check Point Suite Products before version NGX R60 cannot be upgraded to R70.<\/li>\n<li>NGX R65.4 cannot be upgraded to R70.<\/li>\n<li>When upgrading NGX R65, only the following plug-ins may be present: Connectra, SmartProvisioning, VSX, and Messaging Security. The presence of any other plug-in will cause the upgrade process to fail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong><\/em> : We have found that you can move to R70 from R65.4, but you have to do the following: R65.4 &gt; R65 &gt; R70. This involves removing all traces of R65.4 \u2013 including some elements that are not covered in the standard uninstall.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Upgrade Procedure (R70)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Before upgrading, run the following command on the manager to delete a problematic soft link:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">rm -f \/opt\/CPsuite-R65\/fw1\/PA\/conf\/PA\/PA<\/pre>\n<p>2. Take an upgrade_export of the existing config.<br \/>\n3. Backup the networking from the device (Interfaces, default gateway, and routes).<br \/>\n4. 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To remove the VOIP plugin, you must first run the verifier to ensure that there are no VOIP objects being used in the Rule base. To do this, run the following:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">\/opt\/CPPIvoip-R65\/bin\/plugin_preuninstall_verifier<\/pre>\n<p>6. You will need to remove, or change the objects reported in this verifier before you move on. You cannot remove the VOIP plugin until this verifier reports back blank.<br \/>\n7. Once the report is blank run the following:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">\/opt\/CPPIvoip-R65\/bin\/plugin_uninstall<\/pre>\n<p>8. Check the un-install using \u201cfwm ver\u201d \u2013 and it should read R65 flat.<br \/>\n9. You can now run through the normal R70 upgrade, using the file \u201cCheck_Point_R70_CD1.Splat.iso\u201d, and the following:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">mount \u2013o loop [path to iso] \/mnt\/cdrom ; cd \/mnt\/cdrom\r\npatch add cd<\/pre>\n<h4><strong>GUI Issues<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If the GUI fails to startup after the upgrade you may need to run the following if fwm is failing after a few seconds:<\/p>\n<p>1. Run cpstop.<br \/>\n2. Delete the following files:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">$FWDIR\/conf\/applications.C\r\n$FWDIR\/conf\/applications.C.backup\r\n$FWDIR\/conf\/CPMILinksMgr.db\r\n$FWDIR\/conf\/CPMILinksMgr.db.private<\/pre>\n<p>3. Reboot.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Upgrading to R71<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following is taken from the release notes for R71:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To upgrade Check Point Suite Products before version NGX R65 to R71, you must first upgrade to NGX R65 and then to R71.<\/li>\n<li>NGX R65.4 cannot be upgraded to R71.<\/li>\n<li>When upgrading NGX R65, only the following plug-ins may be present: Connectra, SmartProvisioning, VSX, and Messaging Security. The presence of any other plug-in will cause the upgrade process to fail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To upgrade R65.4 to R71, you will need to run the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Remove R65.4 as per the above procedure.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the VOIP plug in.<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade to R70.<\/li>\n<li>Then upgrade to R71 using the Check Point CD.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NGX R65 HFA40 is a standard HFA and can be installed both on Security Gateways and on SmartCenter servers. 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