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Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade

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3 Upgrading the Central Manager Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade Task 1 Using the Switch Over command, make the secondary Central Manager active. 2 Upgrade the primary to 6.0. For information, see Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade/xref. 3 Bring up the upgraded primary Central Manager. The primary is up in standby mode. 4 Stop the secondary Central Manager. 5 Using the Switchback command, make the primary the active Central Manager. 6 Upgrade the secondary to 6.0. For information, see Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade. 7 Bring up the upgraded secondary Central Manager. The secondary is up in standby mode.If not done already, upgrade the Signature Set for both the Central Managers. See Upgrading the Signature Set for the Central Manager. See also Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade on page 28 Upgrading the Signature Set for the Central Manager on page 30 Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade Before you upgrade the Central Manager to 6.0, ensure that: • Your current Network Security Platform infrastructure meets all the requirements discussed in Reviewing the upgrade requirements. • You have reviewed and understood the implications of the upgrade considerations discussed in Reviewing the Upgrade Considerations. • You have backed up your 5.1 Central Manager data. See Backing up Network Security Platform data. • You have the required 6.0 Central Manager installable file at hand. You can download it from the McAfee Update Server. See Downloading the Manager/Central Manager executable, Installation Guide. • You have your Central Manager MySQL root password available. You set this password when installing the Central Manager. • You stop all third-party applications. It is especially important that you stop any third-party application, such as the arcSight agent, that communicates with the MySQL database. The Manager or the Central Manager cannot upgrade the database if MySQL is actively communicating with another application. If this is an upgrade of a Central Manager in an MDR pair, then you should switch it to standby mode before you proceed. Make sure you are following the steps in MDR Central Manager upgrade. To upgrade a stand-alone Central Manager: 28 McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide

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Task
1
Using the Switch Over command, make the secondary Central Manager active.
2
Upgrade the primary to 6.0.
For information, see Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade/xref.
3
Bring up the upgraded primary Central Manager.
The primary is up in standby mode.
4
Stop the secondary Central Manager.
5
Using the Switchback command, make the primary the active Central Manager.
6
Upgrade the secondary to 6.0.
For information, see Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade.
7
Bring up the upgraded secondary Central Manager. The secondary is up in standby mode.If not
done already, upgrade the Signature Set for both the Central Managers. See Upgrading the
Signature Set for the Central Manager.
See also
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade
on page 28
Upgrading the Signature Set for the Central Manager
on page 30
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade
Before you upgrade the Central Manager to 6.0, ensure that:
•
Your current Network Security Platform infrastructure meets all the requirements discussed in
Reviewing the upgrade requirements.
•
You have reviewed and understood the implications of the upgrade considerations discussed in
Reviewing the Upgrade Considerations.
•
You have backed up your 5.1 Central Manager data. See Backing up Network Security Platform data.
•
You have the required 6.0 Central Manager installable file at hand. You can download it from the
McAfee Update Server. See
Downloading the Manager/Central Manager executable, Installation
Guide
.
•
You have your Central Manager MySQL root password available. You set this password when
installing the Central Manager.
•
You stop all third-party applications. It is especially important that you stop any third-party
application, such as the arcSight agent, that communicates with the MySQL database. The Manager
or the Central Manager cannot upgrade the database if MySQL is actively communicating with
another application.
If this is an upgrade of a Central Manager in an MDR pair, then you should switch it to standby mode
before you proceed. Make sure you are following the steps in MDR Central Manager upgrade.
To upgrade a stand-alone Central Manager:
3
Upgrading the Central Manager
Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade
28
McAfee
®
Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide