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3 Upgrading the Central Manager If you have McAfee Network Security Central Manager (Central Manager) deployed, you need to upgrade it to 6.0 before you upgrade the corresponding (Managers). That is, the Central Manager must be of the same or a higher version than the corresponding Managers. This chapter provides detailed explanation on how to upgrade the Central Manager from 5.1, or an earlier version of 6.0, to the latest 6.0 version. To upgrade to an earlier version of 6.0, also review the corresponding Release Notes. If you have not deployed a Central Manager, proceed to Upgrading the ManagerManager. Contents Reviewing the upgrade requirements Preparing for the upgrade Central Manager and OS upgrade MDR Central Manager upgrade Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade Reviewing the upgrade requirements This chapter discusses the requirements for a successful Central Manager upgrade. Minimum required Central Manager version To be able to upgrade to 6.0, the current version of the Central Manager must be 5.1.11.22 or above. Central Manager system requirements Underpowered and/or undersized machines can lead to performance issues and storage problems. We strongly recommend the use of server-class hardware that exceeds the minimum system requirements outlined below. These suggestions do not take into account the amount of disk space you will require for alert and packet log storage. See the Manager Server Configuration Guide for suggestions on calculating your database capacity requirements. This section discusses the minimum hardware and software requirements that the Central Manager server should meet. The following are the system requirements for the Central Manager 6.0 server. McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide 23

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Upgrading the Central Manager
If you have McAfee Network Security Central Manager (Central Manager) deployed, you need to
upgrade it to 6.0 before you upgrade the corresponding (Managers). That is, the Central Manager
must be of the same or a higher version than the corresponding Managers.
This chapter provides detailed explanation on how to upgrade the Central Manager from 5.1, or an
earlier version of 6.0, to the latest 6.0 version. To upgrade to an earlier version of 6.0, also review the
corresponding Release Notes. If you have not deployed a Central Manager, proceed to Upgrading the
ManagerManager.
Contents
Reviewing the upgrade requirements
Preparing for the upgrade
Central Manager and OS upgrade
MDR Central Manager upgrade
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade
Reviewing the upgrade requirements
This chapter discusses the requirements for a successful Central Manager upgrade.
Minimum required Central Manager version
To be able to upgrade to 6.0, the current version of the Central Manager must be 5.1.11.22 or above.
Central Manager system requirements
Underpowered and/or undersized machines can lead to performance issues and storage problems. We
strongly recommend the use of server-class hardware that exceeds the minimum system
requirements outlined below.
These suggestions do not take into account the amount of disk space you will require for alert and
packet log storage. See the
Manager Server Configuration Guide
for suggestions on calculating your
database capacity requirements. This section discusses the minimum hardware and software
requirements that the Central Manager server should meet.
The following are the system requirements for the Central Manager 6.0 server.
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