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Upgrading the Manager Manager and OS upgrade 4 Task 1 Using the Switch Over command, make the secondary Manager active. 2 Upgrade the primary to 6.0. See Stand-alone Manager upgrade for the steps. 3 Bring up the upgraded primary Manager. The primary is up in standby mode. 4 Stop the secondary Manager. 5 Using the Switchback command, make the primary the active Manager. 6 Upgrade the secondary to 6.0. 7 Bring up the upgraded secondary Manager. The secondary is up in standby mode. If not done already, upgrade the signature set and the Sensor software. See Performing Signature Set and Sensor Software Upgrade. See also Stand-alone Manager upgrade on page 39 Performing Signature Set and Sensor Software upgrade on page 3 Manager and OS upgrade You can run the 6.0 Manager server on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition English or Japanese or continue to use Windows Server 2003 (Standard Edition). However, to run the 6.0 Manager on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, the server must be a 64-bit system. Proceed further only if you are planning to upgrade the OS as well, if not you can skip this section. If you are planning an OS upgrade, then consider the two approaches discussed in this section. These are based on whether you want to continue with your current hardware for 6.0. For example, if your 5.1 Manager server is a 64-bit system, then you may want to continue with the same hardware but upgrade the OS and the Manager. For information on how to upgrade the OS, refer to Microsoft's documentation. Approach 1: Continuing with the 5.1 hardware Important points regarding this approach are: • It assumes that your 5.1 Manager server is a 64-bit system, and that it meets the requirements for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition. • A typical upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition can take around an hour. So the Manager upgrade downtime window would extend by that much time. The high-level steps involved in this approach are: Task 1 Back up the 5.1 database. See Backing up Network Security Platform data. 2 Upgrade the Manager to 6.0. See Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade or Stand-alone Manager upgrade as applicable. McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.1 Upgrade Guide 37

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Task
1
Using the Switch Over command, make the secondary Manager active.
2
Upgrade the primary to 6.0. See Stand-alone Manager upgrade for the steps.
3
Bring up the upgraded primary Manager.
The primary is up in standby mode.
4
Stop the secondary Manager.
5
Using the Switchback command, make the primary the active Manager.
6
Upgrade the secondary to 6.0.
7
Bring up the upgraded secondary Manager.
The secondary is up in standby mode.
If not done already, upgrade the signature set and the Sensor software. See Performing Signature
Set and Sensor Software Upgrade.
See also
Stand-alone Manager upgrade
on page 39
Performing Signature Set and Sensor Software upgrade
on page 3
Manager and OS upgrade
You can run the 6.0 Manager server on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition English or Japanese
or continue to use Windows Server 2003 (Standard Edition). However, to run the 6.0 Manager on
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition, the server must be a 64-bit system. Proceed further only if
you are planning to upgrade the OS as well, if not you can skip this section.
If you are planning an OS upgrade, then consider the two approaches discussed in this section. These
are based on whether you want to continue with your current hardware for 6.0. For example, if your
5.1 Manager server is a 64-bit system, then you may want to continue with the same hardware but
upgrade the OS and the Manager.
For information on how to upgrade the OS, refer to Microsoft's documentation.
Approach 1: Continuing with the 5.1 hardware
Important points regarding this approach are:
•
It assumes that your 5.1 Manager server is a 64-bit system, and that it meets the requirements for
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.
•
A typical upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition can
take around an hour. So the Manager upgrade downtime window would extend by that much time.
The high-level steps involved in this approach are:
Task
1
Back up the 5.1 database. See Backing up Network Security Platform data.
2
Upgrade the Manager to 6.0. See Stand-alone Central Manager upgrade or Stand-alone Manager
upgrade as applicable.
Upgrading the Manager
Manager and OS upgrade
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